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Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film Brick (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $4 million on a $450,000 budget. Transitioning to higher-profile films, Johnson achieved mainstream recognition for writing and directing the science-fiction thriller Looper (2012) to critical and commercial success. Johnson landed his largest project when he wrote and directed the space opera Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), which grossed over $1 billion. He returned to the mystery genre with Knives Out (2019) and its sequel Glass Onion (2022), both of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. Additionally, Johnson is also known for directing three highly acclaimed episodes for the television series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), namely "Ozymandias," "Fly," and "Fifty-One"; for the latter, he received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing—Drama Series in 2013. He also created a murder mystery series titled Poker Face for Peacock with Natasha Lyonne. Johnson was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rian Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Rian Johnson
Director
for Director in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
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Key changes: Leia forms Resistance as a response to FO,but has little support or funding from the New Republic. Poe isnt demoted, but detained for his disastrous attempt to destroy a Star Destroyer. Luke hands the lightsaber back and rejects her request to train her. He later trains her as Leia requested him to do so. Kylo damages the ship but doesn't fire on Leia. Hence no Mary Poppins stuff. The hyperdrive is damaged leaving them with no option but evacuate to Crait while defending FO attacks. Poe and Finn take Rose(a hacker) to the Supremacy to disable thier hyperdrive tracker. Hence no Canto Bight. Luke reveals he knew Ben was using the dark side of the force and tried confronting him about it, before Ben destroyed his academy and killed his students. Kylo reveals that Luke was afraid of him and tried to kill him and his mentors. He reveals that his mentors were Rey's parents,killed by Luke. Rey tries turning Kylo to light, but Snoke reveals his deception of Kylo by claiming he was Prime Jedi and tried to bring real balance to the force by using him. Kylo kills Snoke for betrayal. Rey fails to turn Kylo back to light, who claims her parents left her for pursuing Jedi code, leaving her devastated. Leia dies ,ramming the ship into the Supremacy. Luke comes back and defeats Kylo to rescue the Republic. He doesnt die. Inspired by: https://medium.com/@timothymably/reimagining-the-last-jedi-luke-killed-reys-parents-2ec7f32aa729
