Storyline: Two 17 year old twins, a girl and a boy, are trained by their uncle Luke to be the greatest Jedi’s in the galaxy. Several months later, Schmoes Know reported that they had picked up a casting notice for the film (a casting notice that strongly resembled the plot of the expanded universe novel Legacy of the Force): Here’s the Intel: Back when Michael Arndt was still working on the screenplay, word leaked in February 2013 that the plot involved the offspring of the original protagonists Luke, Leia, and Han. MASSIVE SPOILERS BELOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FORCE AWAKENS. We didn't touch the huge spoilers that were leaked because those were probably true, and we didn't want to contribute to ruining the film for anyone.Īlso, as you read this article over, I hope it hammers home the importance of why rumors for blockbuster movies should be taken lightly. Finally, all of these stories were taken from our own archives. I can't wait for the day when the veil is lifted on this movie and we get a warts-and-all retelling, especially when it comes to learning how much of screenwriter Michael Arndt's work remains (if any) and how the Lucasfilm story handled the film. These early reports may have been working off bad info or an earlier version of the script. All of these rumors pertain to story rather than who the studio would hire to direct or how they would cast the film. Left in the dark on Episode VII, there were plenty of rumors, some wilder than others, and I've collected some of them below. I doubt Rian Johnson will put that much emphasis on secrecy, and while the box office numbers might reinforce the importance of mystique, the studio, which loves to oversell its movies, will likely chalk up the success to this singular event and resort to their old playbook. I can't recall another blockbuster that kept such a tight lid on the plot, and kudos for them seeing it through. In the lead up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we desperately wanted to know what the film was about, but Disney and J.J.
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