1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comSteven Bogos Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/stevenbogos/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Cwru2ghsS6"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-last-jedi-director-asked-j-j-abrams-to-change-force-awakens-ending/"><i>The Last Jedi</i> Director Asked J.J. Abrams to Change <i>Force Awakens</i> Ending</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-last-jedi-director-asked-j-j-abrams-to-change-force-awakens-ending/embed/#?secret=Cwru2ghsS6" width="600" height="338" title="“<i>The Last Jedi</i> Director Asked J.J. Abrams to Change <i>Force Awakens</i> Ending” — The Escapist" data-secret="Cwru2ghsS6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson asked The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams to make a small but significant change. Warning: Spoilers for The Force Awakens follow. At the end of The Force Awakens, Rey goes off to find Luke Skywalker, accompanied by R2D2. If you thought it was strange that good ol’ artoo came with her, and not BB-8, who had been her companion throughout the film, that’s because The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson specifically requested it. “The big [favor] was, I asked if R2 could come with Rey, and if BB-8 could stay behind with the Resistance,” […]