In the lead up to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, returning director JJ Abrams has revealed how he reacted to the big twists in Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi, namely the abrupt death of Supreme Leader Snoke and Luke Skywalker’s dark revelation, and whether those surprises affected his plan for the Sequel Trilogy. JJ Abrams on the Death of Supreme Leader Snoke When asked by Rolling Stone what he thought of Snoke getting killed off, Abrams said, “When I read his first draft, it made me laugh, because I saw that was take and his voice.