Rian Johnson has finally set the record straight on how much he and J.J. Abrams spoke in between "The Force Awakens" and "The Last Jedi"

The Last Jedi director revealed that he used to be a certified Star Wars prequels hater. Rian Johnson told Rolling Stone that when the franchise’s prequels came out when he was in college, he and his friends were “Prequel Hate Central.

"Everyone was ruthless at the time," Johnson says, recalling when the trilogy came out in his college days — though he has since expressed his admiration for George Lucas' prequels.