JJ Abrams on Star Wars IX: Almost no says no to the project but it was a fool of faith

JJ Abrams stated that he had almost not directed the next film Star Wars: Episode IX and that taking the project in hand was a "crazy act of faith" for filmmaker.

Episode VII: The Awakening of the Force stated that it was Lucasfilm's president, Kathleen Kennedy, who had asked her to try herself.

"I was not supposed to be here, I was not the guy, you know, I was working on other things, then Kathy Kennedy called to ask her:" Would you really, seriously, consider getting on board? "that was a crazy act of faith. And there was a moment when I almost said, "No, I'm not going to do that."
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"It was almost, on a personal level, dangerous to get close to something that is close to your heart, I felt like I was playing with fire, for example, why go back? to make it work.What I think? Abrams told Fast Company.
The director also explained that it was difficult to finish the film that he had integrated in 2017 and that Disney had committed to release it in 2019.

"You have two years to count of the decision to do it to go out, and you literally have nothing.You do not have the story, you do not have the cast, you do not have the designers, the sets ", did he declare.

Abrams also stated that following the story of Rian Johnson The Last Jedi was another task.

"It was a totally unknown scenario, I had an absolute instinct about the fate of the story, but without going into the weeds of" Episode VIII "it was a story Rian had written and told based on seven days before our meeting, so he took the thing in another direction, "said the director.

"(" Episode IX ") did not just follow what we started, it followed what we started and then moved forward by someone else. There was that, and finally it solved nine films, "

The last film in the next trilogy is due out on December 20th.

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