When JJ Abrams brought back Star Wars with 2015's The Force Awakens, he created a film that completely smashed up the box office while pleasing all the fans who were turned off by the prequel trilogy.
However, there was talk about him not enjoying having to film in London, as well as the backlash from those who thought the film was too much like A New Hope, so we were a bit surprised (although not that surprised) that he returned to replace Colin Trevorrow on Episode IX.
So what made him sign the dotted line? Speaking to Rolling Stone, he said: "I had no intention to return.
"But when the opportunity presented itself to finish a story that we had begun with these new characters, to tell the last chapter of their story, it felt like there was a chance to do it in a way where we could go beyond, and do better than we did in VII.
"I learned so much in that movie and I saw that this was a chance to sort of realise something that we hadn't quite achieved – and part of that was it was simply the beginning of these new characters and their story.
"The opportunity to sort of take what we had learned, to take the feeling of who these characters are and what they are and give them a final chapter that felt in the spirit of what we begun? It was too delicious of an opportunity to pass up."
The director previously explained that Episode IX won't revel in the past, while Daisy Ridley admitted she cried when she heard he was returning.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released on 14 December in the UK and 15 December in the US.
