In a brief video piece, Johnson talked about his childhood love of movie novelizations, saying that he and Fry “got to talk through some interesting deleted scenes from the film,” and added, “That’s some of the fun stuff you can get into a novel that you can’t always get onto the screen.”

“Rian Johnson and I had an amazing conversation,” Fry agreed. “We got to write entirely new scenes for the book: Han Solo’s funeral, Rose and Paige Tico together, and further explorations of the fascinating world of Canto Bight, to name just a few.”

Fry is a longtime Star Wars writer, having written a number of non-fiction and reference books based around the franchise, as well as short stories and young adult novels set inside official Star Wars canon.

The Star Wars: The Last Jedi novelization will be released March 6. Watch the Star Wars Show episode below.



