Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 39 Things We Learned From The Director's Commentary

9. Holdo's Suicide

Star Wars The Last Jedi Poe Holdo
Lucasfilm

Holdo's big moment came from hearing in these movies about how if you don't get your calculations right you could smash through a planet - they wanted to explore what something like that might look like. Johnson always knew he wanted it to go silent in the moment of destruction, but it wasn't until post they landed on what it was going to look like, with multiple options discussed and trialled.

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