In their own words: Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill on Luke's journey in 'The Last Jedi'

"It's time for the Jedi to end," Luke Skywalker says in the Last Jedi trailer, his brittle voice dripping disdain for the knights who once protected the galaxy and saved so many lives, including his own. 

Actor Mark Hamill and Last Jedi director Rian Johnson reportedly butted heads over this cynical new take on the once starry-eyed Mr. Skywalker, and they recently told Mashable how they resolved their differences over such a drastic character shift.

"'It's time for the Jedi to end?' Are you kidding me?" Hamill told Mashable at the Star Wars press day in Los Angeles a few weeks before The Last Jedi released. "I'm just saying, what could have happened between the last time we saw him and now for him to be that way? Even if it was the worst thing in the world, I said to [Johnson], 'Jedis don't give up.'" Read more...