Rian Johnson Gives Update on His Star Wars Movie Trilogy

Rian Johnson has given an update on his Star Wars trilogy.

Johnson previously directed the highly talked-about Star Wars: The Last Jedi for Lucasfilm in 2017. About a month before that movie was released, it was announced that Johnson would helm a brand-new trilogy of Star Wars movies as well; however, the project has yet to come to fruition, and there have been few updates about its status in later years.

What did Rian Johnson say about his Star Wars movies?

Speaking with The Independent, Johnson addressed why the movies haven’t been made yet and if there’s still a possibility of them happening at some point in the future.

“What happened? Knives Out!” he said. “I mean, I kind of went down the murder mystery rabbit hole – I’m focused on making other stuff. But that wouldn’t rule out it happening down the line. If I get back in the Star Wars universe someday, I’d be the happiest person.”

Regarding the polarizing reactions Star Wars fans had to The Last Jedi, Johnson said, “I always want to make this clear: it’s not like I’ve gone through a living hell or something. I’ve had the kind of experience that you only dream about as a filmmaker. I was in my twenties when the prequels came out. I mean, you talk about wars between Star Wars fans… We experienced our own. That [the prequels] was World War I, and this [The Last Jedi] was World War II.

“… But, I feel like I’ve had such a wonderful, lovely, positive experience with the fans during the course of it. That’s left me a bigger Star Wars fan than I ever was, which is really something, because I grew up with it as the bedrock of my childhood.”

Johnson’s next Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man, will be released sometime later this year. The next Star Wars movie is The Mandalorian and Grogu, which arrives in May 2026.

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.