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  • J.J. Abrams says The Last Jedi didn't derail The Force Awakens' plan. 1 / 8

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  • The Last Jedi was a very polarizing film when it was released in 2017. 2 / 8

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  • This was in part due to Rian Johnson's creative choices. 3 / 8

  • The Force Awakens set up numerous threads that were seemingly resolved in Last Jedi. 4 / 8

  • A complaint many had was that Johnson retconned Force Awakens to fit his film. 5 / 8

  • Abrams insists Last Jedi didn't derail anything they had established, which is true. 6 / 8

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  • Johnson didn't have a mapped out arc to follow and had creative freedom. 7 / 8

  • Arguably nothing he did in Last Jedi overtly contradicted Force Awakens. 8 / 8

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