Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened in December and we loved it. That was proven by the billion and a half dollars it’s grossed so far and now it’s on its way to beat Avatar, the highest grossing movie to date. We have discussed and debated who is Rey? Who is Snoke? Why did this happen and why didn’t we see more of this or that?
Twenty deleted scenes have been revealed and they do answer a lot of questions. Personally, I wanted to see more interaction with Rey and Leia and just more Leia, period and evidently, there was. Slash film.com got a hold of the Disney script and junior novelization that was released to The Writers Guild for awards consideration. Here are some interesting scenes from that may fill in the blanks for you rabid fans:
Luke Skywalker is on the planet named “Ahch-To.” It is described as an ocean planet with black rock islands and green trees. However, it should be noted that “Ahch” means “brother” in Hebrew. It could be a placeholder name for the planet in the script until the next episode.
Luke Skywalker’s mighty stare at Rey is described in the script as “kindness in his eyes, but there’s something tortured too.” The screenplay continued that Luke “doesn’t need to ask her who she is, or what she is doing here.” So the Jedi Master already knew about Rey’s mission on to the planet. The script ended with “Hold on Luke Skywalker’s incredible face, amazed and conflicted at what he sees, as our music builds, the promise of an adventure, just beginning…”
First image from Rey’s vision after touching Luke’s lightsaber was of a hallway in Cloud City. It also mentions a “mechanical breathing sound” and “disembodied voices fill the air.”
The script confirms to “see a burning temple at night” in the background of the image of Luke Skywalker and R2-D2.
In Rey’s vision image of a Jedi being struck down is not of Constable Zuvio, but of “a warrior” being stabbed by “a fiery lightsaber.”
It is confirmed that in the final Rey’s vision image that it is of Kylo Ren and the rest of the Knights of Ren. The screenplay read, “We pivot around her to reveal Kylo Ren and six other Knights of Ren, who flank him.”
Young Rey was left with Unkar Plutt on Jakku. If you couldn’t tell from the hand and voice, the flashback scene is confirmed by the script. It read, “A little girl. Rey as a child. She is sobbing, histerical. Unkar Plutt’s meaty hand holds her thin arm. She is on Jakku, watching a starship fly into the sky, abandoning her. Rey yells, ‘No, come back!’ and Unkar Plutt respons, ‘Quiet, girl!’ as the ship flies towards the desert sun, which is strangely eclipsed, as if being eaten by darkness.” It means Rey may revisit Unkar Plutt to learn of the secrets in future sequels.
After killing his father, “Kylo Ren is somehow WEAKENED by this wicked act,” and it is noted that he is “horrified” and his “SHOCK is broken only when” Chewie howls.
The novelization explained Snoke believed Darth Vader’s weakness was the love for his son, Luke Skywalker. By killing his father, Snoke thought Kylo Ren will be stronger with the Dark Side.
After Han Solo’s death and Finn’s injury, it was revealed that Rey has some sensitivity to the Dark Side. The screenplay wrote, “And she could kill him—right now with one vicious strike! But she stops. Realizing she stands on a greater edge than even the cliff—the edge of the dark side. The earth shakes. The earth splits. A gully forms.” It’s also noted in the novelization that Rey hears a voice telling her to “kill him.” The voice is described as “amorphous, unidentifiable, raw” and powered by “pure vengeful emotion.”
It is also noted that General Leia had a more prominent role. Having had two scenes taken out of the final cut of the movie and one of those being more of a conversation with Rey, rather then what we saw with General Leia saying “May The Force be with you”. I also really love that Rey has a sensitivity to the dark side, LIKE WE ALL DO, and it makes me very excited for Episode VIII. I have a feeling it will be a darker more intense journey and discovery.
With the amount of money and the amount of times we’ve all seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I will place serious bets that the blu-ray release will be equally as profitable AND to insure that, please include the deleted scenes! Mr. Abrams, if you’re reading this, which I’m sure you are!
Star Wars: Episode 8 will be release May 26th, 2017.
[via slashfilm.com, latino-review.com]
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