Rian Johnson adabweretsa chiwonetsero chodziyimira payokha pakupanga Star Nkhondo: Yedi Yotsiriza. "Ndi kanema wodziyimira payokha wamkulu yemwe adapangidwa," akutero Johnson of Yedi Yotsiriza, gawo lachisanu ndi chitatu mu Star Nkhondo cinematic chilengedwe. "Ndidatha kutenga njira yodziyimira pawokha ndi kanemayu, osati potengera kukula kwa ntchitoyi, mwachidziwikire, koma potengera ufulu womwe ndidapatsidwa ndikulemba. Sindinauzidwe kuti nkhaniyo iyenera kukhala yotani nditapatsidwa ntchitoyi. M'malo mwake, ndinapatsidwa script ya The Force lingathandize, kenako ndimatha kuwona ma daili kuchokera Mphamvu Imadzutsa ndisanayambe kulemba, zomwe zinali zothandiza kuyambira pamenepo Yedi Yotsiriza ikutsatira mwachindunji The Force lingathandize. Ndinapatsidwa ufulu wambiri. ”

Johnson adapanga mbiri yake mdziko la makanema odziyimira pawokha, ndikupeza ndemanga zowunika za makanema Njerwa ndi The Blo Bloers. Omvera amtundu amamudziwa bwino Johnson pazaka za 2012 Looper, chosangalatsa chongopeka chazasayansi chomwe chimayimira kupambana kwa Johnson potengera chidwi chomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa omwe adalipira mphamvu ku Hollywood. M'modzi mwa omwe adasinthitsa magetsi ndi Kathleen Kennedy, yemwe adagwira nawo ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali a Steven Spielberg komanso purezidenti wapano wa Lucasfilm, yemwe adawona kuti malingaliro a Johnson anali oyenera Star Nkhondo chilengedwe chonse. "Sindimaganiza kuti ndili ndi mwayi," akutero Johnson. "Nthawi ina pamisonkhano yathu, adandifunsa ngati ndingafune kuyang'anira umodzi wamisonkhano yatsopano Star Nkhondo mafilimu. ”

DG: Mudadabwa pomwe Kathleen Kennedy adakupatsani mpata wowongolera ndikulemba The Last Jedi?

RJ: Inde. Ndinadabwa. Sindinaganize kuti ndinali wovuta kwambiri. Sindinadziwe kuti ndinali m'ndandanda wawo. Ndinali ndi misonkhano ingapo ndi Kathleen mzaka zaposachedwa, ndipo misonkhanoyi idakhudzana ndi ntchito zina, ndipo tsiku lomwe adandipatsa ntchito, ndimaganiza kuti ndikupita kumsonkhano kukakambirana naye za ntchito ina. Ndikulingalira ndinadziwa kuti china chake chinali pamene ndimalowa muofesi yake ndipo adatseka chitseko. Kenako adandifunsa ngati ndikufuna kuchita Star Nkhondo, ndipo sindinali wokonzeka kutero. Zachidziwikire, ndinali wodekha mokwanira kuti ndiyankhe mwachangu.

DG: Mwabweretsa chiyani Yedi Yotsiriza ndizosiyana ndi owongolera ena omwe akadapatsidwa ntchitoyi?

RJ: Ngakhale pambuyo pake Looper, Ndakhala ndikudziwika ngati wolemba mafilimu wodziyimira pawokha, ndipo nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikudziyimira pawokha pazinthu zanga zonse, kuphatikiza Yedi Yotsiriza. Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikujambula makanema, ndikugwira ntchito palokha, chifukwa chake ndikuganiza kuti nkhawa yanga yayikulu ndikuti The Last Jedi ikanakhala nkhani yopanga makanema-komiti, yomwe ikadamveka, chifukwa cha mtengo wopanga filimu ngati iyi koma sizikanakhala zogwirizana ndi momwe ndimakondera kupanga makanema. Mwamwayi, sizinali choncho. Chomwe chimandidetsa nkhawa kwambiri ndikuti sindinapange kanema woipa wa Star Wars, chifukwa ndinakulira ndikuwonera zoyambirira Star Nkhondo makanema, ndipo sindinkafuna kudziwika ngati director director yemwe adapanga zoyipa Star Nkhondo filimu.

DG: Mumakhala ndi ufulu wochuluka motani panthawi yolemba?

RJ: The Force lingathandize anali kujambula pomwe ndimasainira Yedi Yotsiriza, ndi chifukwa Yedi Yotsiriza imayamba molunjika kumapeto kwa The Force lingathandize, Ndimayenera kuyang'ana pa script ya Mphamvu Imadzutsa mosamala, ndipo ndimayang'ana magawo a The Force lingathandize. Kamodzi ndidamvetsetsa The Force lingathandize, Ndinapatsidwa ufulu waukulu poganizira momwe ndingapezere Yedi Yotsiriza angapitilize nkhani. Sindinapatsidwe autilaini ndipo anandiuza kuti ndiyenera kupezeka paliponse. Ndinasamukira ku San Francisco kuti ndikakhale pafupi ndi Lucasfilm, komwe ndimayendera kangapo pamlungu. Nditakumana ndi oyang'anira ku Lucasfilm, ndinawapatsa malingaliro anga momwe ndipitilize nkhaniyi The Force lingathandize, kenako timakambirana zamaganizidwe anga. Anali olimbikitsa komanso othandizira, ndipo anali ndi malingaliro ambiri, chifukwa amadziwa Star Nkhondo kuposa wina aliyense. Izi zidachitika pafupifupi miyezi iwiri, kenako ndidayamba kulemba zolembedwazo, ndipo patatha miyezi ingapo, ndidakhala ndi cholembera choyamba.

DG: Munalankhula bwanji ndi anthu kuchokera The Force lingathandize?

RJ: Ndinkafuna kuti munthu aliyense mufilimuyi akhale ndi mphindi yake, kuti apite ulendo wawo wapadera. Luke ndi Rey ayamba ulendo wopambana mufilimuyi, ndipo ulendo wa Rey umaperekanso njira yoti mufilimuyi. Finn ali ndiulendo waukulu mufilimuyi, wamkulu wa arc.

DG: Ndiye pali Luke ndi Leia. Kodi kupitilira mosayembekezereka kwa Carrie Fisher mu Disembala 2016 kunakhudza bwanji filimuyo?

RJ: Sizinakhudze kanemayo konse, kuchokera pakupanga kanema komwe ndiko. Zachidziwikire, kudutsa kwa Carrie kudzawonjezera kukometsa kwakukulu pafilimuyi, zomwe ndi zomwe ine, ndi ena onse ogwira nawo ntchito tidakumana nazo pomwe tidawonera kanemayo koyamba. Zomwe Carrie adachita mufilimuyi, yomwe imakhudza mtima komanso yosangalatsa, idamalizidwa atamwalira, ndipo tidali muntchito yokonzanso pomwe tidamva zakumwalira kwake. Sitinasinthe chilichonse pamachitidwe ake.

DG: Zinali bwanji ngati timagwira naye ntchito zomwe zidamuwonetsa komaliza?

RJ: Choyamba, anali chida chodabwitsa, osati chifukwa cha mbiri yake ndi Leia, komanso mndandanda, komanso chifukwa Carrie anali wolemba bwino, wolemba bwino payekha. Tidakambirana zambiri pazokambirana, komanso momwe mikhalidwe yake idzakhalire mufilimuyi, ndipo panali zowoneka bwino, ndipo zosintha zonse zomwe adapanga pazokambiranazi zidapangitsa izi kukhala zabwino. Carrie ndi Mark [Hamill] anali, Carrie asanamwalire, adakhala nawo otchulidwawa kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi anayi, ndipo anali kuwateteza kwambiri anthuwa ndipo amadziwa bwino momwe omvera amawakondera. Mwachitsanzo, Carrie, anali wokhudzidwa kwambiri ndi momwe Leia amayenera kukhalira ndi zomwe amayimira kwa atsikana.

DG: Kukhala a Star Nkhondo zimakupiza poyamba, zinali zovuta kuti uzichita mantha pomwe umapanga kanema?

RJ: Zinali zosatheka kuti ndisaganizire kukula kwa zomwe ndinali gawo lake. Nthawi zina ndimakhala ndikulankhula ndi Mark, ndipo ndimayima ndikuganiza, 'Uyu ndi Luke Skywalker.' Koma kwakukulukulu, idasandulika njira yofananira yomwe idakhalako ndimakanema anga onse akale. Ndikumva ngati tidapanga kanema wodziyimira pawokha kwambiri m'mbiri ya cinema, ndipo ndikanena izi, ndikunena za momwe izi zidamvera tonsefe.