you guys had a press tour from Prince
Harry and Prince William during the
making of this film how was that having
them visit the set and see how he made
the film I wasn't there that day but
Daisy showed them around
Daisy you and I led the tour Daisy was
there yeah so I found the beginning to
be honest it's the thing I think is
wonderful is there are so many people
we're just like on the poster but there
are thousands of people that have worked
far longer and harder I guess then we
have obviously I'm talking about actors
so I think to to take them round to the
creature workshop in the props place and
the costumes and everything and for the
people who aren't usually on set or
aren't publicly recognized for the work
they do for them to have received it
that felt pretty cool for me had what
did it feel to you as a Star Wars fan
which you've mentioned before to come
back and to have such a main role in in
this one because pose really important
in this movie oh it's it's definitely
good to be alive I was really excited to
see what Ryan created for PO the the
conflict that he has you know in a very
brutal way you know he took away the one
thing that Poe knows how to do so well
which is jump into an x-wing and blow
things up and and so he had to deal with
being grounded and and and I was really
fortunate to have so many scenes with
Laura and it did it did feel like it was
an intimate set you know I remember we
just kind of got up on the set in our
jeans and t-shirts and walked around and
rehearsed it and talked about the
different motivations and just to take
that kind of time
in such a huge movie was was pretty
special so no I was really happy to do
that and also of course to work with
Carrie again hey guys
love the film Ryan I was reading earlier
that George Lucas call it brilliantly
made and they had a chat with you after
seeing it I was wondering what he had to
say yeah he was very gracious he had
some very kind words and you know I I
grew up not just loving Star Wars I went
to the film school I went to because I
read a book about George Lucas and saw
that he went there so to to have a chat
with him and to have him be so kind and
gracious about the movie that we made it
felt pretty good man feel pretty good
was your training for Episode eight more
difficult or challenging than it was for
Episode seven John yeah yeah in a sense
because the weapon was different for me
this time and I was training mostly with
Gwen
doing a lot of stunt training and Gwen
Quinn has a really strong reach one one
must dodge and pirouette around her at
all times which is definitely more
challenging
how did he match up Gwen John boyega is
a force in every sense and I think there
was a moment of connection between us
where I've I've certainly not felt
anything quite that strong before John I
understand I didn't mean like that and I
I hadn't been like working as such the
year between force awakens and Jedi so I
had been strength training so I was
stronger but when we got back into
filming we didn't have the amount of
time to train as we had the first time
around
but because I felt stronger not going to
lie I felt pretty badass and I think the
fights were all like thrilled with how
they turned out what is your most
precious memory with Carrie Fisher
during the shooting the last Star Wars
well you know Carrie was was first and
foremost she was a writer and that's how
we first really connected so I mean we
had a lot of lovely moments on set but
the times that I'm really gonna remember
her were when we were hanging out before
the shoot and just at her house and she
was digging out books for me to do that
she wanted to talk about and showing me
like she was writing her you know the
The Princess Diaries when when we were
doing the shoot and she showed me all
the old die
he had all the old notebooks from the
original shoot and talking about words
and just you know hanging out with her
man that's that's I feel I feel really
lucky I got to I got to have even a
little bit of time to know her it was a
real challenge I mean I had such a
brilliant time working with Ryan and the
way that he decided to take the
character in this but trying to with all
characters that are you know
representing evil or so-called evil um
it's very important to try and humanize
them in some way so there's a
vulnerability that we tried to approach
with Snoke which is born out of fear
actually and I think fear that there is
that of course that the first order is
in a pretty shoddy state and not being
handled terribly well by Huck's and and
and and the conflicted kylo Ren I'm sure
you won't mind me saying this in front
of you and the mess that they're making
of it and but but the thing is about
about Snoke there's this sort of public
hologram five o'clock in the morning
hologram appearance that he does to
scare people but then there's the sort
of the wizard behind the curtains like
The Wizard of Oz there's this quite
frail fearful and fearful because there
is this very powerful feminine energy
that he knows is coming and to take him
down and so there's so always trying to
find up the kind of spark of humanity
within that even even though he is you
know a kind of a representation of evil
myself and Ryan talked about the idea of
just like it kind of at cakes dog you
know because he's kind of undermined in
the film but you Don him to lose the
capacity of causing some damage you know
so yeah you talked about the fact that
you know a dog who gets kicked over and
over and over again eventually will bite
back pretty hard and so that was kind of
what we what we looked at the hilarious
notion of a kick dog do you think it's
about time that we have someone other
than a white male directing Star Wars
and how can we improve that all have you
got any female directors you think would
be great
hell yes it's time yes and there are so
many I mean my god there's so many
incredibly talented you know female
female directors directors of color out
there it's
yeah absolutely and so many that I would
love to see play in this universe god
man yes please let's would love it to
happen
you took Harrison fooled out for some
lunch down the Old Kent Road I was just
wondering if you've managed to take mark
hamill and some of the rest of the cast
to southeast London while shooting the
latest film no I was just Harrison to be
honest
sorry man I have to be honest - she was
just Harrison I was just we use it was
much more of a chemistry thing which is
trying to okay okay though there was
figures I wanted him to sign but it was
my way of taking him out and I paid for
the bill as well by the way for you guys
to thinking I'm chief because that's a
thing you guys are thinking in took him
to all Kent Road and then yeah you
expect the guy millionaire pilot to pay
for it I actually paid for it as well
but I'm willing to take any anybody out
I invited Daisy to my house party last
night scene internat man no you said it
was happening you didn't invite me oh
yeah that's true Batman you were invited
by the way I'm sorry I wasn't listening
preparation for you and Daisy's scenes
together was there much rehearsal to
that did you talk about yeah well we
really planned it out I mostly worked
with my own stunt coordinators Daisy
worked separately what we didn't expect
was when we went to shoot the scene they
dropped tons of ice cold water on you so
you at least I sort of wanted to work
out how I was going to do the dialogue
and then you know it was all I could do
to you know not fall over it was
unexpected the way it turned out no I'm
gonna go back to sleep thanks Daisy for
you yeah I think I think Mark and I have
both talked about and the unexpected
reaction to reading the last Jedi yeah
and what was very lucky was we had a
couple weeks of rehearsal with Ryan
where we could just talk through
everything because I think you know it
like working with a new person and
working with the new director it's all
big stuff I can save for me I don't want
to speak for a month but it certainly
felt like you know we were going through
something
and I thought it was great because I
seem to remember it working sort of
chronologically or at least it seemed to
in my mind because as our relationship
was growing I think their relationship
was growing so it was it was great it
was great it was wonderful this is a
question for everybody except for Ryan
what makes Ryan such an amazing writer
and director is very awkward
skip it it's get very quick I like that
he's really fast like like running like
fast when he's running and thinking fast
thinker no one else ok that would you
know what I like that he's so the the
laid-back you know he's like I kind of
describe like got like a West Coast jazz
musician you know it just kind of hangs
back and just you know it is you know
it's fast but you know is it's it's also
mellow and in all that craziness too and
actually you talk now I remember when we
were in in your office with Carrie and
just like we're improvising and trying
all sorts of crazy stuff and figuring
out those scenes and just there was a
there was a real looseness to to it
within all of all of the wildness which
was just like to be honest about Ryan
all right
everyone's saying something here we go
man I'm gonna say something negative
about Ryan Ryan has the worst playlist
ever on his phone this he he decided to
torment myself and Kelly I loved it I
was singing along like what I think Ryan
khodadad playlist earlier with me yeah
my dad music I gotta say that I can
admit now this was kind of intentional
I'd learned so much that you'd liked and
then I would iTunes search for the
bluegrass covers of them and I would
play them
I might have been digging into this a
little bit purposefully yeah I love that
Ryan had this sort of childlike wonder
about everything and everything felt fun
and you and you'd be doing a scene and
then you'd hear his little laugh and
you're like oh we're doing it we're
doing it I'm doing this room and it just
um it felt like really we were just
hanging out in someone's backyard making
a movie for ourselves and I think that's
really special my biggest fear is that
Star Wars will meet earth one day and I
want to have a promise from you as you
know you're going forward with the next
trilogy that it may be a promise that it
won't happen ever well now I now we have
to do it now you've said it is your
greatest fear we met you've just
manifested it no and insofar as it's
within my power I a song we promise to
you that Luke Skywalker will never yeah
you had to fade up into modern day in
New York although that would be a really
funny fish-out-of-water story like him
just trying to use an elevator and wacky
hijinx
taxi cab drivers now I want to see this
movie now it's might actually happen
mockingly put you up for that
maybe maybe up for that nope again I
wasn't listening what would what this is
the best technique in the world exactly
I'm using it myself
a galaxy far far from Star Wars how
protective did you feel about the newer
cast members particularly Daisy sitting
next to you and also how protective did
you feel about the character of Luke
Skywalker when you saw what Ryan had
written in the in the screenplay when
you first read it well first of all the
cast is spectacular you know each one so
talented in their own way but you know
like you say I felt a strong sense of
nostalgia like I used to be the or if
discovering hidden powers now we've got
this one I used to be the hotshot
impulsive x-wing fighter now we've got
Oscar I used to be the one sneaking
around enemy territory in disguise now
we've got rose and thin so you know I
had to fight the irrational urge that
it's a bunch of strangers rummaging
through my old toy box playing with my
toys but basically now at this age I'm
happy to let the kids do the heavy
lifting
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I can never neither confirm nor deny you
sir have been reading the Internet's the
opportunity when I met the princess they
came for a tour when Daisy gave maturer
and I used that opportunity to try and
solve something that had been bothering
me since Return of the Jedi because when
they told us that Carrie and I were
brother and sister I said wait a minute
if Luke's Princess Leia's brother
doesn't that make me royalty and she
immediately said no all right Carrie I'm
just asking but when I met the princes I
said really I really want your opinion
on this
my mother was Queen Amidala my father
was lord Vader
my sister is Princess Leia doesn't that
make me royalty unfortunately it was a
split decision because Williams said yes
Harry said I need more information but I
said darn it I need the ammunition to
rub it in Kerry's nose it's been going
on for 40 years what is it like being
immortalized in plastic as a toy hey
words to pick that one up Jordan it's
the way in for that check that's ways
like you're waiting a long time on time
what's go long time
Daisy I just enjoyed for the sheer joy
of being a PEZ dispenser yeah right I
don't care about the money I want to be
on a pair of underoos thank you very
much it's great wasn't Jedi hermit Alec
Guinness the great Alec Guinness
I wondered this time playing a Jedi
hermit yourself did you find yourself
channeling Alec Guinness or or perhaps
being inspired by another great actor
well I was so lucky to work with someone
I admired for so long he was so gracious
with his time and we stayed in contact
of corresponding he wrote beautiful
calligraphy with an old-fashioned ink
pen I would see him in the West and we
go out to dinner and you know again I
would this is one of the greatest actors
ever I mean at first when I read the
script I thought oh this is really
pushing me out of my comfort zone but if
I were another benign wise Jedi we've
seen that before and nobody can do it
better than Alec did it so I think being
pushed out of your comfort zone in this
case was a good thing although I still
stay a Jedi would never give up but
that's old school this is the new
generation this film is being highly
praised for the diverse cast and
characters was that something new
conscious of when you were writing it
and then for any cast member who wants
to answer how does it feel being part of
such an incredibly diverse cast yeah I
mean it did it felt right it felt really
good too as I was writing it and as we
were you know dad I don't know first for
Star Wars to reflect a little more
closely the world as it is today and the
world as it actually looks around this I
think all movies today are starting to
do that more and more and I think that's
nothing but a good thing I'm in awe of
the entire cast and aside from Daisy I
look forward to working with them one
day
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we can't end on that no car way I'm
afraid we have to because that is all
we've got time for and it should be mark
has the last word anyway Shirley thank
you so much ladies and gentlemen for
your time here today thank you for your
questions
starwars the last Jedi is in cinemas
everywhere tomorrow if you haven't got
your tickets yet you can Vic them now
thank you and goodbye may the force be
with you always thank you ladies and
gentlemen thank you so much
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