History Creator / RianJohnson

* ''Film/KnivesOut'' (2019)
* ''[[Film/GlassOnion Glass Onion]]'' (2022)

* {{Deconstruction}}: ''Film/TheLastJedi'' is a deconstruction of several ''Star Wars'' tropes and characters, most prominently the idea that just because you're fighting bad people doesn't make you unambiguously heroic, the fact that as long as there are Jedi, there are going to be Dark Side users opposing them (thus making things worse), the idea that you have to be special to learn and use the force and the whole idea of Luke Skywalker being a wise and nearly flawless hero thirty years after leading the Rebellion to victory after the Battle of Endor.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' (2010, "Fly"; 2012, "Fifty-One"; 2013, "Ozymandias")

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After ''The Last Jedi'', Creator/KathleenKennedy had him develop a new trilogy of films unrelated to the Skywalker Saga. However, his trilogy fell in DevelopmentHell and was ultimately cancelled in 2023.

He is JustForFun/OneOfUs, since apparently he likes ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and is interested in working on ''Series/DoctorWho''. He directed ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi]]'', and was later hired to develop a new trilogy of films unrelated to the Skywalker Saga before the release of the film. However, his trilogy was in DevelopmentHell for a long time before being cancelled. He is also known for his acclaimed mystery films ''{{Film/Brick}}'', ''Film/KnivesOut'', and ''Film/GlassOnion''.

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* SubvertedTrope: Johnson is obsessed with subverting audience’s expectations. When talking about ''The Last Jedi'', he admitted himself wanting to subvert the audience's expectations regarding the followup to many things Creator/JJAbrams set up in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', such as Luke being full of HeroicSelfDeprecation and the BrokenPedestal when Rey meets him instead of a more classic OldMaster who's ready to keep the MasterApprenticeChain up (however, this could be thought of as following through with Abrams's set-up of Luke disappearing to an island in the middle of nowhere). Then there were the ''massive'' expectations regarding Rey's MysteriousPast... [[spoiler:and it's revealed she's the daughter of nobodies -- or at least that's what [[UnreliableNarrator Kylo Ren]] said. It's pretty safe to say the following developments in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' had no input from Johnson.]]

** In ''Glass Onion'', Miles Bron hosts a murder mystery party, and is eager to play along famed detective Benoit Blanc, who has no patience for such games and worries someone might try to take advantage of the TenLittleMurderVictims setup to commit a real murder. [[spoiler:Warning Miles turns out to give Bron the idea to do exactly that himself. And try as Benoit might to treat this murder case not as a fiction but as reality, he couldn’t resist the trap presuming a complex scheme and motive when real murder plots tend to be far less complicated.]]

He is JustForFun/OneOfUs, since apparently he likes ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and is interested in working on ''Series/DoctorWho''. He directed ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi]]'', and was later hired to develop a new trilogy of films unrelated to the Skywalker Saga before the release of the film. However, his trilogy is currently in DevelopmentHell for a long time before being cancelled. He is also known for his acclaimed mystery films ''{{Film/Brick}}'', ''Film/KnivesOut'', and ''Film/GlassOnion''.

He is JustForFun/OneOfUs, since apparently he likes ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and is interested in working on ''Series/DoctorWho''. He directed ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi]]'', and was later hired to develop a new trilogy of films unrelated to the Skywalker Saga before the release of the film. However, his trilogy is currently in DevelopmentHell. He is also known for his acclaimed mystery films ''{{Film/Brick}}'', ''Film/KnivesOut'', and ''Film/GlassOnion''.

** ''Film/KnivesOut'' is a murder mystery political thriller.

** In ''The Last Jedi'', the cyclical war of the Dark Side versus the Light has become so recurring that the galaxy views it as inevitable. The rich war profiteers at Canto Bight benefit from the predictable wars by selling weapons to both sides. Inversely, Kylo Ren and Luke Skywalker both attempt to break the cycle, Luke by refusing to train more Jedi and Kylo by killing anyone trying to shape his fate. The protagonist Rey, aware of her growing significance in these grand cosmic wars, presumes this must mean she must have [[TheChosenOne some kind of noble parentage]], in an attempt to convince herself that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou her harsh abandonment on Jakku was for a reason]]. She also argues with Luke on whether the Jedi Order had a positive or negative effect on the galaxy, in a manner that mirrors actual fan debates about the Jedi's actions in the previous films.

** ''Film/StarWarsTheLastJedi'' lean to the idealistic side but fall more toward the middle compared to other ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies.

** In ''The Last Jedi'', the cyclical war of the Dark Side versus the Light has become so recurring that the galaxy views it as inevitable. The rich war profiteers at Canto Bight benefit from the predictable wars by selling weapons to both sides. Inversely, Kylo Ren and Luke Skywalker both attempt to break the cycle, Luke by refusing to train more Jedi and Kylo by killing anyone trying to shape his fate. The protagonist Rey, aware of her growing significance in these grand cosmic wars, presumes this must mean she must have some kind of noble parentage, in an attempt to convince herself that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou her harsh abandonment on Jakku was for a reason]]. She also argues with Luke on whether the Jedi Order had a positive or negative effect on the galaxy, in a manner that mirrors actual fan debates about the Jedi's actions in the previous films.

** In ''The Last Jedi'', the cyclical war of the Dark Side versus the Light has become so recurring that the galaxy views it as inevitable. The rich war profiteers at Canto Bight benefit from the predictable wars by selling weapons to both sides. Inversely, Kylo Ren and Luke Skywalker both attempt to break the cycle, Luke by refusing to train more Jedi and Kylo by killing anyone trying to shape his fate. The protagonist Rey, aware of her growing significance in these grand cosmic wars, presumes this must mean she must have some kind of noble parentage, in an attempt to convince herself that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou her harsh abandonment on Jakku was for a reason]]. She also argues with Luke on whether the Jedi had a positive or negative effect on the galaxy, in a manner that mirrors actual fan debates about the Jedi's actions in the prequels.

** In ''The Last Jedi'', the cyclical war of the Dark Side versus the Light has become so recurring that the galaxy views it as inevitable. The rich war profiteers at Canto Bight benefit from the predictable wars by selling weapons to both sides. Inversely, Kylo Ren and Luke Skywalker both attempt to break the cycle, Luke by refusing to train more Jedi and Kylo by killing anyone trying to shape his fate. The protagonist Rey, aware of her growing significance in these grand cosmic wars, presumes this must mean she must have some kind of noble parentage, in an attempt to convince herself that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou her harsh abandonment on Jakku was for a reason]].

** In ''The Last Jedi'', the cyclical war of the Dark Side versus the Light has become so recurring that the galaxy views it as inevitable. The rich war profiteers at Canto Bight benefit from the predictable wars by selling weapons to both sides. Inversely, Kylo Ren and Luke Skywalker both attempt to break the cycle, Luke by refusing to train more Jedi and Kylo by killing anyone trying to shape his fate.

* TheHeart: Amidst a cast ranging from flawed to selfish to malicious, there is usually at least one character who is truly loving and compassionate, like Rose in ''The Last Jedi'' or Marta in ''Knives Out''. Oftentimes they're distinguished by being a WorkingClassHero unlike the others in positions of privilege, and despite their kindly personality they aren't above [[GoodIsNotSoft breaking the law and getting destructive]] in order to bring down the villains.