According to Daisy Ridley, director J.J. Abrams had written early versions of Star Wars Episodes 8 and 9, but director Rian Johnson used none of the original draft for his Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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Rey actress, Ridley spoke to Geek Le Mag (translated by Tumblr user daisyridleys ), who asked if J.J. Abrams had already planned the mystery of her character's backstory before Episode 7. However, Ridley's response was far more wide-reaching:“Here’s what I think I know. J. J. wrote Episode VII, as well as drafts for VIII & IX. Then Rian Johnson arrived and wrote TLJ entirely. I believe there was some sort of general consensus on the main lines of the trilogy, but apart from that, every director writes and realizes his film in his own way."Rian Johnson and J. J. Abrams met to discuss all of this, although Episode VIII is still his very own work. I believe Rian didn’t keep anything from the first draft of Episode VIII.”Some have criticised where Johnson took the trilogy in his movie, so it will be interesting to see how J.J. Abrams approaches the final film when it arrives on December 19, 2019. Now-departed director Colin Trevorrow had co-written a script for Episode IX , but with Abrams stepping back into the role , it's not clear if he'll use his own draft or the more recent version as a starting point."When the opportunity presented itself to finish a story that we had begun with these new characters, to tell the last chapter of their story," Abrams explained after taking on the role, "it felt like there was a chance to do it in a way where we could go beyond, and do better than we did in [Episode] Seven."

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