Kelly Marie Tran Pranked Star Wars: The Jedi Director Rian Johnson While Filming


When Pokemon Go debuted in the summer of 2016, many people who owned a mobile device spent a massive amount of time hunting digital creatures everywhere, and that includes a set for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In the latest episode of The Star Wars Show, star Kelly Marie Tran revealed that he pulled a prank on Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson

"At the end of shooting, I think there were only a couple weeks left, and this is just when Pokemon Go was brand new and we were all playing it," Tran said. "One day, I told Rian that there was a Pikachu outside of set. So we were like, inside, about to shoot, and he said, 'Are you serious?' And I said, 'Yeah, just got a Pikachu, it's right outside.' And John Boyega said, 'Oh yeah, I saw it. I saw it.'"

Just when Johnson thought that he was about to catch a rare Pokemon, he soon realized that he had fallen into Tran's trap.

"And he goes outside and I had drawn in chalk a Pikachu on the sidewalk," Tran said, laughing. "And that was one of my proudest moments."

Well-done, Tran! I wish she captured that prank on video so we can see Johnson's actual reaction.

Watch Tran play Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which hits theaters December 15, 2017.

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