Ralph Breaks the Internet directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston and head of story Josie Trinidad talk about a Kylo Ren joke that didn’t make the cut….
As directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston and head of story Josie Trinidad explain it, Disney declined to run with a certain Kylo Ren gag.
“At one point we had a joke about Kylo Ren being kind of a spoiled child,” laughs Moore. “We went to Lucasfilm and said, here’s what we’re doing. And they said, well, we’d prefer that you don’t show him as a spoiled child. You know, he is our villain, and we’d prefer you don’t do that. So we were respectful of that.”
It’s just part of the process, the filmmakers explain, but also the whole point of including beloved and familiar Disney characters in Ralph Breaks the Internet is to “honor who these characters are” and be appropriate to their history while taking “playful jabs.” Like C-3PO being the butler to the princesses, for example. That “felt like that’s of his character,” says Johnston. “It’s really loving satire that we’re doing.”
“Mostly at our own expense, with our jobs!” smiles Moore.
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