MovieChat Forums > Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) Discussion > Rian Johnson was going to make Rey a rob...

He made a giant spreadsheet of possibilities and came up with literally nothing. We learned absolutely nothing about Rey's character at all in TLJ, other than the parents story (that could easily be Kylo lying.

Special Ed Johnson:

"The director then shared that the 'first thing' he did when working on the movie's story was establishing why Luke went into seclusion all those years ago. 'I didn't have any answers,' Johnson admitted. 'But it's not like you can just pick anything you want out of the air.' "

No answers? Like this one straight from Han Solo in TFA?

"He was training a new generation of Jedi. One boy, an apprentice, turned against him, destroyed it all. Luke felt responsible. He just walked away from everything."

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Good call jack! Someone needs to hold this gingers feet to the fire when he lies or shows his fucking dim witted mess...you managed to catch both๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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Yeah, but the way RJ made this film came across like he didn't even watch TFA or consult JJ.

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To be fair, it says right there that he didn't seriously consider it.

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Would have preferred if she actually turned out to be Jar Jar in disguise

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