One of biggest challenges with Star Wars included, and she discussed working on the final film in the Skywalker Saga in an interview leading up to the movie’s release this Friday.
Like Abrams, Brandon had worked on the first installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, creative differences with Lucasfilm. According to her, wrapping up the story they began proved to be difficult once Luke gave his life during the finale of The Last Jedi, especially combined with the tragic real-life death of cast member Carrie Fisher.
“All I can say about that is that The Last Jedi, I really enjoyed, but I will say it did present a lot of challenges in of where Episode IX had to go to finish the saga.” Brandon told cast and crew of The Rise Of Skywalker being displeased with the previous film. “I think [The Last Jedi director] Rian Johnson is an amazing filmmaker, and I just think that when you’re doing a trilogy, you can’t just abandon a story. So whatever he chose to put in that film, those things that are dangling have to be dealt with.”
Luke’s death at the end of The Last Jedi proved to be one of the most divisive aspects of the movie, something which seemed like a finale rather than the middle of a trilogy in the eyes of many fans. This has caused untold division in the Star Wars community leading up to the final installment of the franchise, with much speculation on how the last chapter in a saga which began all the way back in 1977 is going to end.
Still, if anyone can pull off such a task, it would be J.J. Abrams, given how he had dealt with the equally-mammoth task of following up the seemingly final Return Of The Jedi with his manipulating Kylo Ren from the beginning. These factors all tie into the fact that Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is indeed the finale of a story spanning nine movies, and fans will see for themselves how it all ends when the film hits theaters this weekend.
Source: AwardsDaily
