Via Starwars.com:

HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY INSIGHTS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE REVEALING DOCUMENTARY.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi arrived on Digital and Movies Anywhere this week (and heads to 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and On-Demand on March 27), and with it came a porgasbord (thank you) of bonus features. Deleted scenes, featurettes, even an alternate version of the movie with just John Williams’ score. But it also includes a feature-length documentary on the making of the film, The Director and the Jedi — a revealing look at writer/director Rian Johnson’s journey in shepherding Episode VIII. Here are five things we learned from what is less a bonus feature and more a bonus movie.

1. Rian Johnson was a top Star Wars draft pick.

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy knew early on in her tenure that she wanted Johnson, director of Brick, The Brothers Bloom, Looper, and several (great) episodes of Breaking Bad to helm a Star Wars film. “Once we decided that we were making Star Wars movies, he was one of the people that I was immediately interested in,” she says in The Director and the Jedi. “I just think that his storytelling ability and who he is as a human being just exemplified a lot of the values and sense of fun.”

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