Two editors close to Disney's Star Wars trilogy have spoken out against Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, claiming the 2017 movie was designed to "undo" the franchise's arc.

Editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey were guests on the Mission: Impossible-centric Light the Fuse podcast where they offered thoughts on Johnson's The Last Jedi. "It was a different take on the Star Wars saga," Brandon said. "To Rian's credit, he stuck to what he wanted to do, and he wanted to deconstruct the film and go a different direction, and I know it's controversial, but isn't that good?" Markey added, "It's very strange to have the second film so consciously undo the storytelling of the first film. I'm sorry, that's what it felt like. I don't even feel like that's true about the third film. It took where the second film ended and tried to tell a story, I didn't feel like it was consciously trying to... it didn't feel that way."

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Episode VIII is considered by some fans as the black sheep of the newest Star Wars trilogy, with Mark Hamill also airing his grievances with some of the decisions Johnson made. With Abrams back on board to round off the saga with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, it only emphasized how different The Last Jedi was to the rest of the series.

Directed and co-written by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong' o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Keri Russell, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, and Carrie Fisher, with Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant. The film is available now on digital HD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD.

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(via Digital Spy)