As soon as the official title for Episode VIII was announced by Lucasfilm back in January, fans immediately began to wonder if it was meant to indicate a singular or plural nature concerning the Jedi. Director Rian Johnson shared his thoughts on this subject in April and now Vanity Fair attempts to glean more information on Episode VIII’s title from Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and Johnson in their latest piece posted today.
Since Lucasfilm announced in January that the eighth episode of the Star Wars saga would be titled The Last Jedi, fans around the globe have tried to suss out the title’s meaning. But good luck getting Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm’s president, or Rian Johnson, the movie’s writer and director, to reveal it. We tried. Here’s what they told us.
