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J.J. Abrams may not have had a plan for all three of these new movies, but in The Force Awakens, he certainly set up some interesting plot possibilities for the writer and director who would step in to direct Episode VIII.
That, of course, turned out to be Rian Johnson in both respects. And as we’ve all discovered since (well, most of us – there may be some folks who still haven’t seen The Last Jedi), Rian mostly went his own way and didn’t follow those paths. On today’s podcast, I’m taking a look at seven plotlines and story possibilities Rian either ignored or wiped out with little or no fanfare. Although, technically, it’s only six – the seventh one was suggested by Carrie Fisher at Star Wars Celebration Europe, much to the shock of fans who thought she might have let a secret slip. She didn’t…