The Rise of SkywalkerdirectorJ.J.

Specifically, Johnson killing off the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke.

I got to watch cuts of the movie as he was working on it, as an audience member.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)Daisy Ridley, BB-8, John Boyega

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That was the thing that I thought: Oh, that was unexpected.

And thats the thingTheLast Jediundeniably succeeds at, which is constant subversion of expectation.

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