VIDEO : Oscar Isaac: Rian Johnson Directing Star Wars is 'In Some Ways an Independent Film'

Oscar Isaac, the actor who portrays Poe Dameron in last year's 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' recently spoke to the Los Angeles Times to discuss director Rian Johnson, who will be at the helm for Episode 8 which is set for a release date in December of next year. Isaac stated, "Rian is definitely going to places and investigating things that haven?t really been done in the 'Star Wars' universe. For me, it?s so fun getting to explore different things that I wouldn?t have expected in this universe. In some ways, it feels like we?re making an independent film. Certain things we get to play with ? this kind of intimacy that we get to find ? it's special. It?s been really fun."