Director J. Abrams talks
The final “Star Wars” movie in the triple-trilogy Skywalker saga is inching closer to its December release date, and its latest tease came Wednesday, sprinkled with on-set photos by famed portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz.
The behind-the-scenes look came by way of Vanity Fair, which features Episode IX’s principle characters Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) on its summer issue’s dual covers.
J. Abrams, who directs Disney and Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” boasts about the franchise’s place in the zeitgeist and about filming the latest installment in the otherworldly Wadi Rum desert in Jordan — a shooting decision deliberately made to give the space opera the authenticity of George Lucas’ first films.
Every generation has a legend. @VanityFair’s special Star Wars: #TheRiseOfSkywalker issue has arrived with exclusive first look photos by @annieleibovitz: https://t.
