Rian Johnson, the director and writer of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has revealed that there was no planned out story beyond The Force Awakens when he came on board to helm Episode VIII. When Johnson came on board to start developing Episode VIII, he learned that he would have substantial creative freedom. Disney and Lucasfilms told him he wouldn?t be beholden to pre-established plot points. The only thing Johnson would have to stick to, of course, is Episode VII. During a chat with a fan on concours-twitter.htm">twitter, Johnson was asked about how much of the narrative had been planned ahead of time. The director admited that there probably was a time where Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and company discussed amongst themselves where it could possibly go, but nothing was mapped out for him to follow.
