Now that The Last Jedi is on everyone’s rear view mirror, fans are wondering what Rian Johnson has in store for his upcoming trilogy. While little details have been released by Disney, Johnson did speak about the potential directions the trilogy may go. Johnson stated,
“As we got to the end of Episode VIII, we had a great time working with [Lucasfilm president] Kathy [Kennedy] and with Disney and we kind of said, ‘How can we keep this party going? How can we keep working together?'” Johnson revealed at a recent Q&A. “And I kind of threw out there, like the most interesting thing to me would be to tell a new story told over three movies where we go someplace else. And we go, kind of the potential of like a wide-open blue sky of, let’s go to a different part of the galaxy. Maybe a different time. I don’t know.”
“Let’s meet some new characters and let’s figure out what Star Wars means separated from some of the iconography that we’ve associated it with,” Johnson shared. “Let’s take it someplace else and see what that would be like. That just seemed like a really interesting question to ask.”
“I’m just starting to think about it, and get into, so who knows?” Johnson told Yahoo!. “I want to keep it just totally wide open in terms of possibilities. That’s what’s so exciting about it right now, just the notion of one story, three movies, the sky’s the limit. We can really do anything. The possibilities are thrilling.”
Clearly, Johnson wants to explore new territory, however, he didn’t completely rule out the possibility of incorporating familiar characters into his new trilogy.
