“Knives Out” director Rian Johnson is opening up about his scrapped “Star Wars” trilogy.

In a current interview with Rolling Stone, Johnson, who directed 2017’s “The Final Jedi,” lifted the curtain on his long-rumored “Star Wars” trilogy that by no means acquired off the bottom. He defined that on the time, he and Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy have been creating concepts for the three-film saga. Nevertheless, after “Knives Out” got here alongside, Johnson’s focus largely shifted to the homicide thriller blockbuster.

“Nothing actually occurred with it,” Johnson stated. “We had a good time working collectively, they usually stated, ‘Let’s hold doing it.’ I stated, ‘Nice!’ I’d kick concepts round with Kathy. The quick model is ‘Knives Out’ occurred. I went off and made ‘Knives Out,’ and was off to the races, busy making homicide mysteries. It’s the kind of factor if, down the road, there’s a possibility to do it, or do one thing else in ‘Star Wars,’ I’d be thrilled. However proper now I’m simply doing my very own stuff, and fairly blissful.”

Johnson added that his trilogy was “all very conceptual” and that he by no means developed an “define or a therapy or something” for the mission.

Again in 2022, Johnson stated he “can be unhappy” if he by no means directed a “Star Wars” movie once more, however added “it wouldn’t be the tip of the world for anybody.”

“However I’d be unhappy,” he stated. “I like the world. I like the folks. I like ‘Star Wars’ followers. I like the eagerness of how they interact in it. There’s nothing like telling a narrative on this world after which experiencing folks actually connecting to it and letting that. It’s extraordinary.”