URian Johnson ulethe umbono ozimele wokwenza amafilimu ekwenziweni kwe- I-star wars: I-Jedi Yokugcina. “Yifilimu ezimele enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zenziwa,” kusho Johnson of I-Jedi Yokugcina, isiqephu sesishiyagalombili ku I-star wars indawo yasesinema. “Ngikwazile ukwenza into ezimele ngale filimu, hhayi ngokwesilinganiso sephrojekthi, kusobala, kodwa ngokwenkululeko engayinikezwa ngesikhathi sokubhala. Angitshelwanga ukuthi indaba bekumele ibe yini ngenkathi nginikwa lesi sabelo. Esikhundleni salokho, nganikezwa iskripthi se- The Force ongenza, ngibe sengikwazi ukubuka ama-dailies kusuka Amandla Iyavuka ngaphambi kokuba ngiqale ukubhala, okwakusiza kakhulu kusukela lapho I-Jedi Yokugcina ulandela ngqo The Qinisa ukuvusa. Nganikwa inkululeko enkulu. ”

UJohnson wazakhela udumo emkhakheni we-cinema ezimele, ethola ukubuyekezwa okuqinile kwamafilimu Izitini futhi Izelamani Zabafowethu. Izithameli zohlobo zimazi kangcono uJohnson ngawo-2012 Looper, umcabango oshukumisa ingqondo-oqanjiwe wesayensi obumele intuthuko kaJohnson maqondana nokunakwa akuthola kubathengisi bamandla baseHollywood. Omunye walabo abadayisa amandla kagesi nguKathleen Kennedy, osebenza isikhathi eside ekukhiqizeni uSteven Spielberg kanye nomongameli wamanje weLucasfilm, owabona ukuthi imizwa kaJohnson yayifanele kahle I-star wars indawo yonke. “Bengingacabangi ukuthi ngithole ithuba,” kusho uJohnson. “Komunye wemihlangano yethu, wangibuza ukuthi ngingathanda yini ukuqondisa omunye omusha I-star wars amafilimu. ”

DG: Umangele lapho uKathleen Kennedy ekunikeza ithuba lokuqondisa nokubhala The I-Jedi yokugcina?

RJ: Yebo. Ngashaqeka. Bengingacabangi ukuthi ngiyimbangi enkulu. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngangisohlwini lwabo. Ngibe nemihlangano eminingana noKathleen eminyakeni edlule, futhi le mihlangano ibibandakanya neminye imisebenzi, kwathi ngosuku anginika ngalo lo msebenzi, ngacabanga ukuthi ngiya emhlanganweni ngiyokhuluma naye ngomunye umsebenzi. Ngicabanga ukuthi bengazi ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle ngenkathi ngingena ehhovisi lakhe wabe esevala umnyango. Ngemuva kwalokho wangibuza ukuthi nginentshisekelo yokwenza I-star wars, futhi bengingakulungele lokho. Vele, bengizolile ngokwanele ukuthi ngivume ngokushesha.

DG: Ulethe ini I-Jedi Yokugcina lokho kuhlukile kwabanye abaqondisi okungenzeka ukuthi banikezwe lesi sabelo?

RJ: Ngisho nangemva kwalokho Looper, Ngithathwe njengomenzi wamafilimu ozimele, futhi ngihlale ngiletha isimo sengqondo esizimele kuwo wonke amaphrojekthi wami, kufaka phakathi I-Jedi Yokugcina. Bengihlala ngenza amafilimu ami, ngisebenza ngokuzimela, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi ukukhathazeka kwami ​​okukhulu ukuthi i-The Last Jedi bekungaba yindaba yekomidi lokwenziwa kwamafilimu, obekungaqondakala, uma kubhekwa izindleko zokukhiqizwa kwefilimu enjengale kodwa bekungeke kuhambisane nokuthi ngithanda kanjani ukwenza amafilimu. Ngokujabulisayo, bekungenjalo. Engangikhathazeka ngakho kakhulu ukuthi angizange ngenze ifilimu embi ye-Star Wars, ngoba ngakhula ngibuka okwangempela I-star wars amafilimu, futhi bengingafuni ukwaziwa njengomqondisi owenza okubi I-star wars ifilimu.

DG: Ubunenkululeko engakanani yokudala ngesikhathi sokubhala?

RJ: The Force ongenza ibiqopha lapho ngisayina ku I-Jedi Yokugcina, futhi ngoba I-Jedi Yokugcina iqala ngqo ngemuva kokuphela kwe- The Force ongenza, Bekufanele ngibheke iskripthi se- Amandla Iyavuka ngokucophelela, futhi ngangibheka ama-dailies we The Force ongenza. Lapho sengizwisisile The Qinisa ukuvusa, Nganikezwa inkululeko enkulu ngokubheka ukuthi kanjani I-Jedi Yokugcina izoqhubeka nendaba. Anginikwanga uhlaka futhi ngatshelwa ukuthi kufanele ngibe khona kunoma yimaphi ama-perimeters. Ngathuthela eSan Francisco ukuze ngibe seduze kweLucasfilm, engangiyivakashela kaningana ngesonto. Lapho ngihlangana nabaphathi eLucasfilm, ngabanikeza imibono yami yokuthi ngizoqhubeka kanjani nendaba kusuka The Force ongenza, bese sixoxa ngemibono yami. Babekhuthaza kakhulu futhi bengisekela, futhi babenemibono eminingi emihle, ngoba bayazi I-star wars kangcono kunanoma ngubani. Lokhu kuqhubeke cishe izinyanga ezimbili, ngase ngiqala ukubhala iskripthi, kwathi ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, ngathola umbhalo wokuqala ongakapheli.

DG: Ukhulume kanjani nabalingiswa kusuka The Force ongenza?

RJ: Bengifuna bonke abalingisi kule filimu babe nesikhathi sabo, baqhubeke nohambo lwabo olwehlukile. ULuka noRey baqala uhambo oluyisimanga kule filimu, futhi uhambo lukaRey luhlinzeka ngempela nge-line-line yale filimu. UFinn unohambo olukhulu kule filimu futhi, i-arc enkulu yabalingiswa.

DG: Bese kuba khona uLuke noLeia. Ukudlula kukaCarrie Fisher kungazelelwe ngoDisemba 2016 kuyithinte kanjani ifilimu eqediwe?

I-RJ: Ayizange iyithinte nakancane ifilimu, ngokombono wokwenza ifilimu okungukuthi. Ngokusobala, ukudlula emhlabeni kukaCarrie kuzongeza inani elikhulu lokuzithoba okungokomzwelo kule filimu, nokuyinto mina, nabanye abalingisi nabasebenzi, esaba nakho lapho sibuka ukusikwa kwefilimu okokuqala ngqa. Ukudlala kukaCarrie kule filimu, okuthinta inhliziyo futhi okumangalisayo, kwaqedwa lapho edlula emhlabeni, futhi sasisezinhlelweni zokuhlela lapho sizwa ngokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni. Asishintshanga lutho ngokusebenza kwakhe.

DG: Kwakunjani ukusebenza naye kulokho okwaba ukusebenza kwakhe kokugcina kwesikrini?

I-RJ: Okokuqala, wayeyinsizakusebenza emangalisayo, hhayi nje ngenxa yomlando wakhe noLeia, kanye nochungechunge, kodwa futhi ngoba uCarrie wayengumbhali omkhulu, umbhali wesikrini ophumelelayo, ngokwakhe. Sikhulume kakhulu ngenkhulumomphendvulwano, nokuthi umlingiswa wakhe uzoziphatha kanjani kule filimu, futhi kwaba nokuthuthuka, futhi zonke izinguquko azenzile engxoxweni zenza lezo zigcawu zibe ngcono. UCarrie noMark [Hamill], ngaphambi kokushona kukaCarrie, babehlala nalaba balingisi cishe iminyaka engamashumi amane, futhi babebavikela kakhulu laba balingiswa futhi bekwazi kakhulu ukusondelana ngokomzwelo ababukeli ababenakho ngabo. UCarrie, isibonelo, wayezwela kakhulu ngokuthi uLeia kufanele aziphathe kanjani nokuthi yini ayimele kwabesifazane abasebasha.

DG: Njengoba kade ngingu- I-star wars fan kuqala, bekunzima ukweqa ukwesaba lapho wenza ifilimu?

RJ: Kwakungenakwenzeka kimi ukuthi ngingabubheki ubukhulu balokho engangiyingxenye yakho. Kwakunezikhathi lapho ngangikhuluma noMark, futhi ngangima ngicabange, 'Lo nguLuka Skywalker.' Kepha ingxenye enkulu, iphenduke inqubo efanayo yokudala ebikhona ngawo wonke amafilimu wami wangaphambilini. Nginomuzwa wokuthi senze ifilimu enkulu kunazo zonke ezimele emlandweni we-cinema, futhi uma ngisho lokho, ngibhekise ekutheni lesi sipiliyoni sisondele kangakanani kithi sonke.