Director's Reel: rianjohnson reflects on the legacy of 'The Last Jedi' as the end of the StarWars Skywalker Saga hits
.) More than anything, he’s still pinching himself that he can consider the real Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, a friend. “I spend a lot of time with Mark before we started shooting. We get along well, and we’re still friends. But a day didn’t go by where there wasn’t a moment where I zoomed back in my head and was looking at Luke.”
Read on for Johnson’s memories and insights into some of the other movies — and TV episodes — he’s directed over the course of his still-young career. Armed with only $450,000 and a dream, Johnson called “Action” on his first movie in 2003. The following January,debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and Johnson joined the ranks of Park City success stories alongside Allison Anders, Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino. “Everything started at Sundance,” the director says now.
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