Geek - Issue 9 2019 - 27

Farewell to
the JEDI
J.J. ABRAMS AND CREW SETTLE THE
FATE OF THE SKYWALKERS.
by Edward Gross
"The Force Awakens was nursery school compared to this."
Such is the assessment of J.J. Abrams, who played an
integral role in bringing Star Wars back to the forefront of pop
culture by directing 2015's Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
And while Rian Johnson helmed the divisive Episode VIII: The
Last Jedi, following the departure of Jurassic World's Colin
Trevorrow, Abrams finds himself back in the director's chair
for this December's Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, which,

by all reports, will close out the Skywalker saga that began
over four decades ago with the original Star Wars.
"The Force Awakens had its challenges, for sure," Abrams
notes. "It was the most challenging thing I've ever done by
a long shot. This movie [The Rise of Skywalker] has been an
incredibly challenging and equally satisfying and gratifying
experience. I feel very lucky, but we're still in it and we're still
cutting, so I can't talk about it in the past tense."

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