"Something weird." The Narrative?

Call this nothing but a strange dream/thought I had--a new format that could work wonders, as so many people think things got glossed over.

In any event, I thought it might be cool if VIII started with scenes "missing" from ep. VII, as filler while Luke and Rey train. Han and Leia talking about Rey, and who she is. Maz and Han talking... maybe something with Luke, Han and Leia back in the day?

I think that such a structure could help with the narrative flow, while not really being "flash-backs."

Mostly, before you down-vote... what could be "weird," to tell the story?

 

I wasn't very clear in my original post--don't internet when tired or drinking. I may have done both both.

Whether it be due to a desire to not spoil any of the movie, or something yet to come, KK did say everyone would be back. I don't believe Han survived--that would be too silly, but I see no reason that he won't appear is some capacity, either as a "ghost" tormenting Kylo Ren, or perhaps as something else. He did perish within the energy of a star, after all.

What I had been trying to say was this--there were obviously conversations that happened during TFA that we were not privy too. Most likely, this stuff will be filled in through novels/comics/whatever, but it could be cool to see some of that as we learn more about who Rey is. While it might be to foreign for Star Wars, I could see it working.

The comment by Lawrence Kasdan about Rian Johnson doing "some weird thing," just had my gears grinding. While film has evolved a lot since the 70's and 80's, I would very much like these new trilogies to keep to a similar style as the other two trilogies (and mostly the OT), but we have already seen some changes, and will as we spin off with the anthologies and future ST films.

You are very correct, @John Crichton, the histories told are very much an important and special thing to Star Wars, and is what gave the OT so much of it's life. Clone Wars? Kessel Run? Nerf Herders? Spice mines? Disintegration? Battle of Tanab? Little things are what made characters so much more 3-dimensional. Showing these things sometimes demystifies them--sometimes it works.

One of my favorite films was done by a writer of Old Trek and Twilight Zone fame--Jerome Bixby. It's called, "The Man from Earth," and while it all takes place in one location, the story lives on much larger in memory, due to the narrative structure.