Rian Johnson has revealed his interpretation of the mirror scene in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The director has taken a lot of flak about the entire movie. But, fans are quick to defend the filmmaker from some of that criticism. He spoke to Sariah Wilson about the polarizing scene. Something people continue to debate to this day is the true meaning of that mirror cave that Rey finds herself in midway through. It’s a very subjective moment because the audience really gets an opaque version of what she sees. For some fans, that bit of mystery is something to be debated. But, there’s a chunk of the fanbase that wants those answers definitively. Luckily for that group, Johnson seems down to oblige, but in this moment of fandom, a lot of folks won’t even let the “word of god” dictate what certain scenes mean to them. Check out what the director had to say.
Rian Johnson on the dark cave mirror after I asked if she saw Ben: Similar to Luke going into the cave in ESB, it is left open to your interpretation. He didn’t want to be definitive about it so that it wouldn’t take away from what you got out of it.
