‘Star Wars: the Last Jedi’: Rey and Kylo Ren connection should be more romantic, says Rian Johnson

It’s no secret that fans of the “Star Wars” saga weren’t happy with the romantic relationship between Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) in “The Rise of Skywalker”.

It turns out that the seeds of this relationship had already been planted in “The Last Jedi” (the previous film), but in a more subtle way.

On her Twitter profile, writer Sariah Wilson (“ The Friend Zone ”) revealed that she spoke to director Rian Johnson and he said the bond between the two characters should be more romantic.

In one of the posts, she says that:

“If anyone is wondering if Reylo (Rey + Kylo) was meant to be romantic or not, you can stop speculating. Rian [Johnson] I saw them absolutely as a romance.

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If anyone is wondering if Reylo was meant to be romantic or not, you can stop speculating. Rian absolutely saw them as romance. 😍

– Sariah Wilson (@sariahwilson) February 16, 2021

For those who don’t remember, that connection came when Kylo and Rey discovered that they could enter each other’s minds, and from there emerged several theories that fans hoped to be a couple. .

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In ‘The Ascension Skywalker’ it was revealed that this connection was the result of a dyad formed by them: a connection so strong that it was able to bring Kylo back to the safe side … However, the result ended up being Well. criticized by the public.

Released in 2019, “ The Ascension Skywalker ” had the worst approval rating of the entire saga, registering just 52% on Rotten Tomatores. Just behind are “The Phantom Menace” (53%) and “The Attack of the Clones” (65%).

Despite this, the result of the saga raised $ 1.058 billion worldwide, on a budget of $ 275 million.

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Directed by JJ Abrams, the new film brings the result of the new trilogy.

The Resistance survivors face the First Order once again in the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga.

The big cast includes Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Loud, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Kery Russell and veterans Mark Hamill and Billy Dee Williams.

Carrie Fisher also appears as General Leia Organa through the use of unseen footage from “The Force Awakens“.

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