
And, in a very meaningful way, try and dig into what Star Wars means to me, what Star Wars meant when I was a kid, what Star Wars means now, through the whole journey I had that I think a lot of us our age had." "My intention from the start was to put everything I love about Star Wars into it.

"I love it as a Star Wars movie," he continued.

"When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball," the filmmaker explained during an interview with Empire for the magazine's latest issue ( now on sale). Five years after causing a disturbance in parts of the Star Wars fandom with The Last Jedi, writer-director Rian Johnson is "even more proud" of his work on Episode VIII.
