The Director and the Jedi Page #4

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- Oh...

You did this.

You guys!

Wow.

Oh!

There's too many of everybody!

I misjudged this!

I cannot wait to start shooting... I can't wait.

But I feel like everyone's just is so prepared.

I feel like we're ready, you know.

It's just like, "Okay, it's time to switch

"to the on-set problem-solving." Yeah.

There we go.

Ready? One, two, three.

- Yeah, you sign next to your name.

- You and me.

- Director.

- Wow.

Don't look

Yeah, okay.

So, right now I'm signing the final budget sheet.

So...

- All right. Today's the 16th?

- Yeah.

There we go.

I have to sign.

- Don't get used to this, Rian.

- I'm not getting used to it, man.

At some point, we have to go back to reality.

To reality.

- Day one. Day one.

- Okay, here we go. Roll, please.

And action.

The First Order's only tracking us

from one Destroyer, the lead one.

So we blow that one up?

I like where your head's at, but no.

They'd only start tracking us...

When you're actually shooting,

you're zoomed in to some degree,

whereas in preproduction,

you're wrapping your head around,

just all the problems, kind of, globally.

And I found myself a lot more stressed

just about thinking of this

as a Star Wars movie.

And then, you start shooting,

and it's the camera, and the actors,

and you're trying to make a scene work

and it's the exact same thing

as it is with a small movie.

And it feels so good to be zoomed in

and solving problems on that level.

And then, John,

I don't know if you could have

your hand just a little bit higher, I think.

Oh, I'm fine.

Sneak on board. Disable the tracker.

Our fleet escapes without them realizing.

And cut it. Beautiful. Great.

Let's check that,

and then let's get Threepio a shot.

Yeah. All right, good?

Anthony, you good?

Here we go. Roll, please.

Not telling tales out of school,

George got back and looked at all the footage,

and didn't like C-3PO's voice.

And so, he saw over 100 actors, voiceover guys,

to come in and audition

for the role of Threepio's voice.

Mind you, it's all been filmed.

And we're so used to Tony,

"Oh, yes, how's that, sir?"

All of that.

I mean, it was all part and parcel

of the organic character.

He's almost like the droid equivalent

of U pstairs, Downstairs.

He's much more comfortable

in the drawing room serving champagne.

That was the humor of Threepio.

Captain Dameron, Admiral Holdo was looking for you.

Captain Dameron, Admiral Holdo was looking for you.

Very nice.

A bad idea that is also impossible.

A bad idea that is also impossible.

Very nice.

Yeah, I am on mics.

And look at this guy.

You can't escape.

I was gonna tell him something secret.

- There's no privacy. There's no privacy.

- I'm not saying a word.

I'll tell you when I'm not wearing a wire.

That's good. Keep him going...

- That is the pendulum.

- Okay...

- That's the pendulum.

Because you were driving him down.

That's right.

And it was too fast.

So, you do need to be pretty flat out for the slope.

That's not gonna make it.

- No, that's good.

- Keep it going, keep it going. Okay...

Not bad. Yeah, yeah.

We've never had it

on this turn before, Rian.

The mechanism inside

tries to fight it a bit, but, yeah.

Oh, come on! You can do it!

No! No!

Here we go. Ready?

And background!

Background.

Action!

You start an attack, you follow it through.

You're demoted.

Wait, wait!

We took down a dreadnought.

At what cost?

There were heroes on that mission.

Dead heroes.

No leaders.

And cut.

How's your hand?

You should see the other guy.

He's an...

I know you've heard good things about him,

but he's very tough... No.

And then, now, slowly...

He just has a very specific vision.

And he doesn't seem like that

when you first meet him.

He doesn't have a dominating, sort of, affect.

That's great.

But he has a dominating vision.

This is so simple,

but this is so important.

So this is, basically, I didn't feel

like we got a hero introduction for you

for the very first shot.

So all this is, is a turn to camera.

But it's a really essential one.

He's really good with structuring things in story,

and then he's good at working with actors.

So, he has flaws in other areas.

I just don't know about them.

Action.

Hold for applause...

That was great.

Cut.

- Okay.

- Hold for applause!

I don't know.

I just immediately adored her from the start.

And so, even the things that were hard...

Stand by to rehearse, please!

...they were a joy, you know.

Like, I had a lot of energy for them,

just because I loved her so much.

And let's do one more.

You're ready for this direction?

- Yes.

- Faster. Less intense.

- Was I intense?

- No. Not at all.

Even when she was being a pain in the ass,

she was wonderful, you know.

So, after "hold your fire,"

that's when you'll do your "Finn."

Finn!

Yeah, let me try it a bunch of times.

Yeah, yeah. So...

Wait, should it be like this?

"Finn! " Or, "Finn?"

- I want you to...

- Or, "Finn..."

How about "Finn" with two commas after it?

Finn with double comma.

Action!

- Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

- Hold your fire!

Finn?

Carrie started that iconic quality of

seeing a young woman save the day.

I mean, it was not something we had seen.

And so, it's really beautiful

that these new characters pay tribute

to that idea of what a hero looks like.

- Okay, all set. Here we go.

- Camera set.

Background.

Action.

Too many losses.

I can't do any more.

Sure you can.

You taught me how.

May the Force be...

You go. I've said it enough.

May the Force be with you always.

And cut it.

Very, very nice. Great. Great.

Oh, it's so nice. It's so...

It feels like...

It feels so good.

I mean, on the one hand, you know,

this movie was not made

with the intent of it,

obviously, being a goodbye to her.

On the other hand, there's many scenes in the movie

that I think...

You know, I hope will

give people some kind of, you know...

Will feel good for people to see, you know.

That was fun.

I think it was my best work.

Hi, guys. Remember me?

I'm tangentially connected with this production.

It's heavy on him.

He thought he's gonna be

the Luke Skywalker of this trilogy.

It's just the realization that,

in this trilogy, he's not Luke Skywalker.

He's Obi.

Actually, I had a long conversation with him.

His first thing was,

"I know I'm gonna have a stunt double.

"And the double's gonna be better than me.

- He's happy to...

- He doesn't want...

He wants to do some of it.

We showed him the fight,

which he really liked.

- For which one?

- The staff fight with...

- With Daisy. Okay.

- Yes.

Which I think is good, 'cause it keeps...

He was worried about...

He said all these things with tweets and fans,

how he's gonna come back.

And I said,

"Listen, I think we've kept it

"so that it feels like you're giving her

a lesson in the fight."

He said, "Listen, I'm a 64-year-old man.

I'm not egotistical.

"I know that it'll be done better

with the double."

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