“We really just took it scene by scene; there wasn’t a huge regime”.
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There is no denying Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ critical and commercial success – in many viewers’ eyes, it was the ideal follow-up both as a sequel to the Original Trilogy and as a reassurance following the Prequel Trilogy.
The British actor, who has only just finished promoting The Force Awakens, is already on set of Episode VIII and is having to “keep secrets”. “I’m very much excited for and very jealous of anyone, especially Rian, who gets to work so closely with this extraordinary cast and crew, truly an unbelievable group”.
Questioned about the theory that new “Star Wars” heroine Rey (Daisy Ridley) could be a Kenobi or a Skywalker, Abrams teases, “I know quite a bit”.
According to Making Star Wars, a website that’s usually dead-on with its insider information, the new lady character will be “closely linked” to Finn and the actress playing her must have “crucial chemistry” with John Boyega. Hmm! A lot of people have been saying its plot is exactly like that of Star Wars: A New Hope.
That is what director J.J. Abrams acknowledged when he sat down with “Awards Chatter” podcast as reported by the The Hollywood Reporter.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the third highest grossing movie of all time (not accounting for inflation), behind only Titanic and Avatar after less than a month in theaters.
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“The Star Wars: Rogue One trailer has officially leaked. So the story he told took what we were doing and went in the direction that he felt was best but that is very much in line with what we were thinking as well”.
