Rian Johnson on The Last Jedi: "I tried to give it an ending"

Knives Out director Rian Johnson recently opened up about his controversial Star Wars film, The Last Jedi. Specifically, Johnson discussed the film's ending and his approach to endings in general.

"Look, as far as the Star Wars movie I did, I tried to give it a hell of an ending," Johnson told The Atlantic. "I love the endings so much that even in doing the middle chapter of the trilogy, I tried to give it an ending. A good ending that recontextualizes everything that came before it and makes it a beautiful object in itself - that's what makes a movie a movie. I feel like there's less and less."

Johnson goes on to explain how he thinks the recent prevalence of IP creation in the media is a "toxic idea" for storytellers.

"This whole toxic idea of ​​creating [intellectual property] has completely seeped into the foundation of storytelling," Johnson lamented. “Everyone is wondering: how can we keep milking him? I like an ending where you burn the Viking ship in the sea."

Johnson's latest film is Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which he wrote, directed and produced. The sequel follows Daniel Craig's Detective Benoit Blanc as he travels to Greece to uncover the layers of a mystery involving a colorful new group of suspects.