'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Co-Writer Lawrence Kasdan Offers Details and Updates About Upcoming Film
Disney's upcoming film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is expected to focus on young characters played by Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac as Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron, respectively.
A new take on the epic space opera franchise, "Star Wars 7" is also set to compete with other big budget blockbuster films which are also coming this year: the Emilia Clarke-led "Terminator: Genisys" and the Jennifer Lawrence-starred "Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2," among others.
Co-writer Lawrence Kasdan dished out some details about the upcoming title and that how it would likely to differ from the other big budget movies.
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"This new movie, first of all, it's turning out really great. J.J. directed it so beautifully, and it's so exhilarating and everything. It's a big movie. It's full of wonderful stuff, incident and character stuff and jokes and effects," he told Vanity Fair.
"One of the things that we always refocus on from the get-go was that it not be one of these very long, bloated blockbusters. A lot of very entertaining movies lately are too long. In the last 20 minutes, you think, why isn't this over? We didn't want to make a movie like that," Kasdan explained. "I mean, we were really aiming to have it be—when it's over you'll say, 'I wish there's more.' Or, 'Wait, is it over?' Because how rarely you get that feeling nowadays, and I think we're headed there."
"But it means that there will be constant critical looking at it from now to the end, saying, 'Do we need this? Do we need that? Is it better if this comes out, even though we love it?' Killing your darlings," the co-writer added.
Many want to know if Billy Dee Williams' Lando Calrissian will be making an appearance in "The Force Awakens," especially after he was absent in Episodes 1, 2 and 3.
"Right now, there's no Lando Calrissian in this movie. But Lando I don't think is finished in any way, shape, or form," Kasdan said.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is scheduled to open in theaters Dec. 18, 2015.
