![]() ![]() With him, his nephew and apprentice, Ben Solo. Okay, that might need a few more butterflies. Miracle of miracles, JJ Abrams makes something big, exciting, heavy on mystery boxes, fulfilling the Save The Cat beats like it’s a religion - that is more plot-focused. Time to combine characters! That is probably how we got away from Skywalker kids to unrelated “nobodies” in the final version.Īnd our butterfly stomp changes… not much. ![]() Not to mention that, at some point, one would observe that a fivesome of Kira/Rey, proto-Finn stormtrooper, two Skywalker kids and the aged Lor San Tekka/Poe Dameron 1.0 was too heavy a cast. ![]() Some of the final movie’s plot beats seem unavoidable - at some point, Kasdan or Abrams (or the marketing department, since they really make these films) would have said, “Make the Jedi Killer a Solo/Skywalker kid.” And “he kills Luke/Han, his mentor.” And “superweapon attack that is uncomfortably reminiscent of sperm and egg.” The Force Awakens felt as though an entire trilogy had passed between it and Return of the Jedi, with the rise of the First Order, the corruption of Ben Solo, the destruction of Luke’s Jedi academy. So… is it like, an eye or a mouth? (Lucasfilm) ![]()
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