While we do know that George Lucas was planning a Star Wars sequel trilogy at the time he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, not much is known about what the plot of those movies would entail. Now, in Vanity Fair’s big cover story about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’re finally learning about the Episode VII that we will never see.
Vanity Fair’s Bruce Handy revealed that Lucas’ idea leaned heavily on younger characters, some of whom may have been teenagers. However Disney executives weren’t thrilled, since that sounded a bit like The Phantom Menace, which featured 9-year-old Anakin Skywalker and 13-year-old Queen Amidala. So, Disney decided to scrap the idea and let director/co-writer J.J. Abrams start from scratch.
Instead, the main cast of Abrams’ film are much older, including Oscar Isaac, 35; Daisy Ridley, 23; and John Boyega, 23.
“We’ve made some departures” from Lucas’ ideas, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told Vanity Fair, reports The Atlantic. But Kennedy said it was “exactly the way you would in any development process.”
Even after Disney took over the process completely, there were still struggles. As widely reported in fall 2013, Little Miss Sunshine’s Michael Arndt was picked to write the first script for The Force Awakens. However, that didn’t come together, so The Empire Strikes Back writer Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams collaborated on the final screenplay.
The Vanity Fair piece also revealed who Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie are playing in the film. We also know that an Indiana Jones film is in the works.
The Force Awakens hits theaters on Dec. 18.
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cover image from Vanity Fair
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