‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Is Officially Finished, Rian Johnson Celebrates With A Photo
Star Wars: The Last Jediis officially done.
It may seem like that’s coming down to the wire for the film’s December 2017 release date, but it’s par the course for a blockbuster film that requires so many visual effects to wrap its post-production process around this stage. Now it’s only a matter of time before we get inundated with trailers and ads of the finished product.
DirectorRian Johnsonannounced late Thursday on Instagram thatThe Last Jedihad just wrapped its post-production, happily writing, “Aaaand that’s a wrap on the hardest working post production team in the galaxy. Going to miss sitting in dark rooms with these goobers.”
Aaaand that’s a wrap on the hardest working post production team in the galaxy. Going to miss sitting in dark rooms with these goobers.
A post shared by Rian Johnson (@riancjohnson) onSep 21, 2017 at 7:19pm PDT
It’s super cute, and gives some comfort in the fact thatat least oneStar Warsproject has remained mostly untroubled.
It also finally marks the end ofThe Last Jedi’s lengthy production which startedin February 2016, with the principal photography beginning at Pinewood Studios in England, and Johnson announcing the casting of the prestigiousLaura DernandBenicio del Toro. Shooting went on until July 2016, with a gracious Johnson and the rest of theStar Warscrew commemoratingthe production wrap in a sweet video.
The cast and crew were wracked by tragedy a few months later with the death of our Princess and General,Carrie Fisher, inDecember 2016, and the production was dealt the challenge of finishing reshoots and post-production without one of their stars. Butreshoots went on, andStar Warsfans were treated to new footage and a tribute to Fisher’s legacy at the April 2017Star Wars Celebration. It was there that we received ourfirstStar Wars: The Last Jeditrailer, but that was the last of the new footage we’ve received so far — though we gotplenty of tidbitsandnew merchandiseover the past few months.
The wrapping of post-production could likely mean we’ll see another trailer forThe Last Jedisoon — or in October likeMark Hamillclaimed. It looks like that could be the case.
