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What Director J.J. Abrams Did to Make Sure Star Wars: The Force Awakens Wouldn't 'Suck'
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| 12/07/2015 AT 03:00 PM EST
| Chris Tauber
Posted on 12/07/2015 5:33:21 PM PST by BenLurkin
"George Lucas told a story about everyman, everywoman characters who were nobodies who had to step up and become somebody. The idea that there would be a new crop of nobodies in the Star Wars universe who didn't realize yet they would become somebody, that was a very powerful feeling."
To create a story of the new "nobodies," Abrams wrote the Force Awakens script with Lawrence Kasdan, who co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (plus Raiders of the Lost Ark for Lucas, too). They also had the "somebodies" coming back, including Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. "We wanted to see them after 30 years," Kasdan told PEOPLE. "There was nothing really that we had to do but there were enormous possibilities of what we could do."
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Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed that the film was screened for Lucas. The verdict? "He really liked it," she said.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: forceawakens; starwars; theforceawakens
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Well, if George Lucas says it doesn't suck....then how could it possibly suck?
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:33:22 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Lens flares. If you have enough of them, the movie cannot suck.
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:35:06 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I support anything which diminishes the Muslim population.)
To: ClearCase_guy
If you kill off a character or characters I have loved for more than 30 years...that stinks for me. After seeing the mess of the Star Trek reboot, I am afraid to see this one.
To: BenLurkin
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed that the film was screened for Lucas. The verdict? "He really liked it," she said.I wasn't worried... til now.
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:50:04 PM PST
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: BenLurkin
Will one of the main characters be named Obama?
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:51:33 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: BenLurkin
Actually, the fact that Lucas liked it worries me. It might suck.
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:53:54 PM PST
by
piytar
(http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
To: ClearCase_guy
Lens flares. Jar-Jar. You've got to have a meaningless and obnoxious character.
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:55:25 PM PST
by
GingisK
To: piytar
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:56:24 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: piytar
I will just keep on enjoying the original three and leave it there. I don’t intend to see this, at least not right away...and I was one of the biggest Star Wars fans imaginable.
To: GingisK
Yup.
His name in “The Force Awakens” is Bai-den Joh.
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:57:31 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: freepertoo
Love the Star Trek reboot. Don’t be such a grouch.
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:57:33 PM PST
by
Williams
(Dear God, please save us from the Democrats. And the Republicans.)
To: freepertoo; BenLurkin
Already bought tix for me and some of my people on opening weekend. Hope is eternal I guess. Sigh.
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:58:46 PM PST
by
piytar
(http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin; Slings and Arrows; MeshugeMikey
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posted on
12/07/2015 5:59:56 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
To: BenLurkin
If he stormed out the private screening foaming at the mouth and yelling for lawyers it still would have been reported “He liked it”.
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posted on
12/07/2015 6:00:49 PM PST
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: Williams
Gotta be a grouch...Uhura and Spock...um, no. Vulcan obliterared...um, no. Not even gonna mention Khan.
To: BenLurkin; Slings and Arrows; MeshugeMikey
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posted on
12/07/2015 6:01:34 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
To: piytar
God luck! I hope I am wrong.
To: freepertoo
Er...I mean GOOD luck...auto correct is of the dark side.
To: freepertoo
Wait until they go through the time vortex and restage Episode I all over again!
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posted on
12/07/2015 6:02:40 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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