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“ iven the intense, non-stop

nature of The Last Jedi, the
When I met the G script would surely give most

princes, I said, producers’ nightmares, but Ram
‘My mother Bergman was laid back in the face of
intense space battles, alien casinos,
was Queen and islands of porgs. “It’s funny—when

Amidala, my I read the script for the first time, all
I cared about was the story and the
father was characters. Rian and I had worked on

Lord Vader, a fair few drafts before we submitted a
version we were happy with to Kathleen
my sister Kennedy. Rian thought it was a small
movie, and I didn’t necessarily think it
is Princess was that big a movie. Kathleen called

Leia. Doesn’t me to say how much she loved the script
and that this is a giant movie! She said,
that make ‘How are you going to do this?’
“When we started diving into it, we
me royalty?’ realized the scope was really big.

Unfortunately, Fortunately, Rian was able to deliver the
it was a split script a year in advance, so we had a lot

of time to figure out what we needed to
decision. make the film. It wasn’t that hard. If you

William said have someone like Rian who has a clear
vision that he can articulate, it makes
yes, Harry the process easier. When the project is
driven by a person who can write, direct,
said he and knows every element and aesthetic

needed more that he wants, with the best people in
the world working for you, the rest falls
information! into place.”

As the promotional tour for The
” Bergman were already looking forward
Last Jedi drew to a close, Johnson and

to an exciting future project—an all-new
Star Wars saga that will hit theaters at
some point after Episode IX releases. In
London, Bergman was clearly thrilled
to be staying in the galaxy far, far away.
“First of all I’m excited to be making
more movies with Rian Johnson,” he
said, “and now on top of it we can make
a new trilogy of Star Wars movies. Life
is good! I’ll do it for the next 10 years.
If you’re working with the nicest people
and best people, on behalf of the fans,
what’s not to love?”

omhnall Gleeson’s performance
as Hux in The Last Jedi sees
D the general as angry as he
is desperate in his attempt to please
Supreme Leader Snoke and destroy
the Resistance. Given the characters

evil actions, could Gleeson find a way to
identify with him? “Playing something
different is more fun than playing the
same thing all the time,” he reasoned.

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