'I was terrified coming into this that I was gonna be like Barton Fink and have a script that was due six months ago and I'm still on page three writing about fishmongers. Johnson continued by comparing the process of making the Star Wars movie to making Brick or Looper. It really was just, 'Okay, what's next?'' I wasn't given an outline of where it goes or even a list of things to hit. 'The perception of these films is that they're all planned out on a secret sheet of paper in advance, but that's just not the case. The topic comes at an interesting time since Colin Trevorrow was just let go from Star Wars 9 months after Phil Lord and Chris Miller were let go from the Han Solo movie. Johnson also went on to talk about the creative freedom he was allowed when making The Last Jedi. The clean surfaces and even aliens in formal attire definitely set it apart from the 'wretched scum and villainy' of Mos Eisley. I wanted to do something completely different.'įrom what we have been able to see from the behind-the-scenes featurette and set photos, Canto Bight appears to be the exact polar opposite of Mos Eisley on Tatooine. Apart from the prequels, all the touchstones that make something feel like Star Wars have to do with griminess and dirt. 'I wanted a new environment that was like dunking your head in a cool bath of water, right in the middle of the movie.

Rian Johnson spoke to Empire about the choice of a clean casino in the middle of the movie and the director had some interesting reasons for choosing the location.

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