The Last Jedi director revealed that he used to be a certified Star Wars prequels hater. Rian Johnson told Rolling Stone that when the franchise’s prequels came out when he was in college, he and his friends were “Prequel Hate Central.

Director Rian Johnson's days "arguing on the playground about Star Wars" helped him process the backlash to The Last Jedi, the filmmaker has said. Johnson, also director of Looper and Knives Out, said the polarised reaction to his Star Wars movie made him remember his previous feelings to the franchise's prequel trilogy — and the "ruthless" discussions he'd had when younger.