“The challenge of this movie was obviously taking eight movies and telling a satisfying conclusion,” he said in response to a question of whether his film will scrap or build off what is learned of Rey’s birth parents in “The Last Jedi.” “So it was not just ‘Episode VIII,’ but ‘Episodes I’ through ‘VIII’ that we had to really consider and embrace.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 13, 2019 11:03 UTC