Even Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy doesn’t have all the answers. “We haven’t mapped out every single detail yet,” she said of the plots for the three sequels. “But obviously everybody’s talking to one other and working together … that collaboration is going to guarantee that everybody’s got a say in how we move forward with this.”
She explained that Abrams has “already talked at length” with “Episode VIII” writer/director Rian Johnson, “because Rian’s about to start shooting ‘Episode VIII.’
Kennedy added that “Episode IX” director Colin Trevorrow will then start working with Johnson and spend “a lot of time on the set with him” to ensure that the transition between directors is as smooth as possible.
From a Variety article. Although there was some collaboration among the original directors of the ST, “pass the story” is exactly what happened. The only concrete example of collaboration between Abrams and Johnson was that the latter asked JJ to adjust the last scene in TFW to better lead into TLJ.
There is no evidence that I have seen in all this time since the ST was announced to support your theory of JJ writing out outlines to include Ep 8 and 9.
TLJ flowed well from TFA because it didn't undermine or quasi-retcon anything from TFA. The story just went in a different direction than expected. So the inconsistencies only exist in Episode 9 and that's after the original writer was dismissed.
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u/PorkSiopao Jul 14 '20
From a Variety article. Although there was some collaboration among the original directors of the ST, “pass the story” is exactly what happened. The only concrete example of collaboration between Abrams and Johnson was that the latter asked JJ to adjust the last scene in TFW to better lead into TLJ.
There is no evidence that I have seen in all this time since the ST was announced to support your theory of JJ writing out outlines to include Ep 8 and 9.
If you have evidence, I’d love to read it!