Filmmaker and hardcore Star Wars fanboy Kevin Smith was invited by writer/director J.J. Abrams to visit the set of the upcoming film, Star Wars: Episode IX. Smith previously visited the set for Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, where he geeked out heavily and now, he’s revealed that the scale has only gotten bigger.
In an interview with Good Morning America, Smith revealed that he just came back from his Episode IX set visit from London, and he was awestruck at how massive the set was where he witnessed a scene being filmed. Smith explained:
“Number one, J.J.’s doing the Lord’s work, man. This movie looks fantastic. It’s a year away, but man it looks fantastic. I wept on set because I saw somebody give a career-best performance. Somebody I’ve seen in these movies before. I rolled a tear, it was so darn powerful. Biggest set I’ve ever seen in my life. The dude’s not directing a movie, it’s like he’s directing a small country. The thing is so massive.”
Abrams returns to the director’s chair for Episode IX to conclude the sequel trilogy that he set up in with The Force Awakens and that writer/director Rian Johnson continued with Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Johnson’s film is perhaps the most polarizing film in the franchise, and Abrams’ Episode IX is reportedly a “course-correction” following the polarizing reception to The Last Jedi and the under-performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story.
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Star Wars: Episode IX stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Matt Smith, Dominic Monaghan, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, and Mark Hamill.
Star Wars: Episode IX hits theaters December 20, 2019.
Source: GMA
