Lupita Nyong’o Was Not Cut from ‘Star Wars,’ J.J. Abrams Says

“No”, said director J.J. Abrams. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm and immediately announced a new sequel trilogy in the “Star Wars” franchise, with J.J. Abrams as the first film’s director. The Hollywood Reporter gave a run down on the whole discussion, but we wanted to focus on the parts that reveal new details, which we’ll format as helpful bullet points like this isn’t a disorganized smattering of stuff relayed secondhand.

He said: “I just needed some inspiration and I went on YouTube and I found Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford’s original Star Wars audition tapes and that really helped me tap into that Star Wars energy”.

The new installment in the “Star Wars” movie saga opens in theaters this month against a formidable force: the galactic hopes of devoted fans who have waited a decade to revisit their beloved universe of Jedi, droids and lightsabers.

In recent interviews, George Lucas, who directed the first movie and the entire prequel trilogy, compared his current relationship to the Star Wars franchise as a “divorce”. “So I said, ‘Okay, I will go my way, and I’ll let them go their way'”.

R2-D2 (L) and BB-8 attend Star Wars Celebration 2015 on April 16, 2015 in Anaheim, California. Film buffs speculated there would be a battle between the two characters because of one of the movie posters previously released. It was spectacular. She has brought the character of Maz Kanata to life in the most wonderful, wise, touching, deep and amusing way.

But it appears that “Star Wars: The Force Awaken” won’t be following the cinema’s latest trend. Rey hasn’t been seen with a lightsaber, only a long weapon. Now it sounds like that post-credits scene definitely isnt happening – so instead maybe we can just expect the blockbuster to come with a trailer for the eighth live-action Star Wars movie during the coming attractions. When asked how far ahead they’d planned, Kennedy said some key story elements were already decided on, while others are left to the individual filmmakers. “All I’d do is make them miserable”.