VIDEO : J.J. Abrams Sees ?Star Wars: Episode IX? As Response To ?The Last Jedi?

Despite the fact that Rian Johnson?s Star Wars: The Last Jedi has come and gone, the largely troll-driven conversation surrounding its accomplishments (or failings) still persists. Abrams returning to the fold for Episode IX, many are left wondering precisely how the third and final film of the latest Star Wars trilogy will respond to Johnson?s film. ?There are some threads of larger ideas and some big picture things that had been conceived decades ago and a lot of ideas that Lawrence Kasdan and I had when we were doing Episode VII,? added Abrams, who also noted that one of the more challenging-yet-freeing aspects of the job was its ?lack of absolute inevitability.?