Not read the novel yet but that does help with so much!!! Thanks for the post Jeyl. Needs somebody from here to comb it properly for clues!!!
There is no doubt both JJ and Kasdan were really under the cosh to get the script done. They effectively lost nine months which had a serve impact on how this could have gone if they had a little more time. If you read The Art of SWTFA you'll realise how much preproduction work had already gone into it before they took over the writing duties and there were other significant factors that effected the completed script. I have a strong feeling that IF they release an extended DVD edition either 12 or 18 months from now, an injection of missing dialogue and scenes will smooth over a lot of the bumps. And a clever person could shoot some additional footage to fill in missing bits with the existing cast!
Given the mind control and brain washing option that seems so powerful an element in TFA there are some huge opportunities to do things with characters that could equal TESB in EVIII. I've read some killer theories that would nail plenty of things.
The most obvious one is DID Ren and the Knights kill everyone at the new Jedi temple? And where did all those other Jedi originate from that Luke trained? Its does makes it more unlikely there are just Rey and Luke in the universe and what power exists at the First Jedi Temple (on Skellig ) to shield Luke from being found by Snoke ? And if it did shield him so successfully from Snoke and Rey was his daughter ,why didn't he keep her with him? The more I read about the making of TFA the more I realise that the total character and story arc is as open as ANH was. Kasdan has already admitted that he and JJ had only the very roughest of ideas where the rest of the story will go and ,even whilst making TFA they had to make changes to allow where Rhian Johnson wants to take EPVIII
There is no doubt both JJ and Kasdan were really under the cosh to get the script done. They effectively lost nine months which had a serve impact on how this could have gone if they had a little more time. If you read The Art of SWTFA you'll realise how much preproduction work had already gone into it before they took over the writing duties and there were other significant factors that effected the completed script. I have a strong feeling that IF they release an extended DVD edition either 12 or 18 months from now, an injection of missing dialogue and scenes will smooth over a lot of the bumps. And a clever person could shoot some additional footage to fill in missing bits with the existing cast!
Given the mind control and brain washing option that seems so powerful an element in TFA there are some huge opportunities to do things with characters that could equal TESB in EVIII. I've read some killer theories that would nail plenty of things.
The most obvious one is DID Ren and the Knights kill everyone at the new Jedi temple? And where did all those other Jedi originate from that Luke trained? Its does makes it more unlikely there are just Rey and Luke in the universe and what power exists at the First Jedi Temple (on Skellig ) to shield Luke from being found by Snoke ? And if it did shield him so successfully from Snoke and Rey was his daughter ,why didn't he keep her with him? The more I read about the making of TFA the more I realise that the total character and story arc is as open as ANH was. Kasdan has already admitted that he and JJ had only the very roughest of ideas where the rest of the story will go and ,even whilst making TFA they had to make changes to allow where Rhian Johnson wants to take EPVIII
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