SPOILER Star Wars VII Early draft Details (Circa December 2012)

If this ever gets confirmed then you'll really have something.

One thing at least that is good is that you actually have names. That is one thing that is always funny to me is for anyone who claims to have seen a script or people who have seen scripts is that they don't use the names which is something that you would think is the easiest thing to remember.

Of course they can change anytime. Luke was Luke Starkiller when the film shoot started. It wasn't until he actually said his name the one time in the film that they changed it to Skywalker which was also a contender.

A lot of what you said is nice but with recent articles on various sources I could put that synopsis together save for the names of Fawn and Orin.

I don't know when you got this but if you had the same thing about a year ago it'd be huge. Even 6 months ago. There has been talk that some version of one of Arndt's drafts is out there.

 

What I would do to get my hands on that.

 

This adds more to the other another rumour saying that Driver hears voices telling him to kill Luke's apprentice and it turns out to be Daisy. If so, Episode VII will be really good.

 

Very interesting

 

Fawn and Han Solo that name is pretty cool because it sounds like she is named after her dad.

 

I have been thinking about this scoop for about an hour now and a couple of things keep bugging me. I mean I love the story do not get me wrong it summarizes all the rumors we have heard so far into ways that really make since. Like I said this is basically a summary of everything we have already heard. Nothing new. Which brings me to my problem. Why wait until now? A lot of this stuff like Adam Driver being a pilot and the Imperial Chrome body guards only came out in very recent memory. Had you released this a couple of months or heck a few weeks ago you would of had a major scoop on your hands.

 

I there is a lit of content here, despite what others are saying. First, you pointed out where the droids are, which I believe is new information. Granted they might not be that important in the overall plot of the film (and their whereabouts could have been easily guessed), but that is still spoiler news.

Second the names! You could write a few articles just analyzing them. Fawn Solo could be innocent and naive, completely unaware of her familial ties or how she fits in the bigger picture of Jedi, Sith, and the rest of the galaxy. Orin Calrissian's name speaks for itself. It could reignite rumors of Boyega's character. And of course the last name which Rebels might further explain.

Third, you further reinforced the idea that Driver is indeed related to Dooku.

Fourth, if the characters all go their separate ways, does this mean we will not see Han's death?

Lots of great stuff to ponder!

 

For some reason the idea that R2 and 3P0 reunite seems like the most Star Warsy rumor I've heard so far (though not explicit). It's the little things I guess.

 

I think this is too convenient. You give us this based on existing rumors, embellished with a few names that don't convince me (Orin sounds like a Middle-earth dwarf)...can you tell us something new/surprising/hasn't been mentioned in a rumor report?
Of course I'll make a tasty whipped frappe of my own snot if what you write ends up being verified, but again, I am very skeptical. That's a default position more people in the world should have. Incidentally.

 

Fawn Solo? I heard she was killed in a tragic kiln explosion while she was making a pot for Otter Kenobi...

 

I think an interesting aspect that they have to use, is the way IV just dropped you into the story. You find out backstory and names as you go, you aren't told who Luke is, who the Princess is, nothing. It all becomes connected the deeper you get. I'd rather get into a character to later find out who their parents are or who their siblings are and for it to "click". The worst part about the prequels was the constant exposition and explanation, it bogged everything down. Did we need the senate scense at all? The scenes in Palpatine's office? Most of the Jedi Council scenes? We never got any padawan training scenes, no Master/Padawan buddy scenes. What made the original trilogy work was the banter between the characters, the friendships, the loss and joys of advanture. That's what I want to see.

 

This is the best summary of the PT's faults and the OT's genius I've read on this forum.

 

Not only was the PT dragged down by insane amounts of exposition, it was mostly handled unconvincingly as well. And yes, it forced a lot of characters standing around, talking, moving to a window to talk some more. And much of it was unnecessary as well, as we would be better served being shown rather than told. It choked the life out of plot and characters. A good example is the romance plot-line, where we never really see/feel/have a cause to believe Padme has fallen in love with Anakin. Instead the characters tell us. "It's because I'm so in love with you." Compare it to the more organic way that Han and Leia's relationship develops in ESB. Even when we do get a scene of them having a private chat aboard the Falcon, they talk around the subject, in character, yet music and imagery helps sell the blossoming love. "I happen to like nice men." / "I am a nice man."

Differences like this makes the PT feel less a part of the story.

Ironically the PT also skimps exposition where it actually would make sense: For example, when Padme two minutes into AOTC blames Dooku for the attempt on her life and we've never met or heard about that character - or the prophecy of the Chosen One, mentioned occassionally without any frame of reference.

What the OT did so well, was to grow characters through the trials and tribulations of their adventures: helping out Luke and Leia, Han found he had a good heart; by facing Vader, Luke first showed himself impatient and vengeful, then grew into a better man by the second encounter (admittedly I'd love an extra movie for him to develop these traits to make it more believable but that's the problem with JEDI, as it needed to bring closure to material that needed more screentime).

 

Thanks!

 

I think JJ has shown he can easily do the buddy film thing, the Star Trek movies pull it off pretty well. He also easily got the Star Trek vibe down too, minus the lens flares. With JJ using lots of practical FX and sets he's already on the right path to the OT look and feel we all want. I'm thinking, and it's just a hunch, that Kira(Ridley) will be a lot like young Anakin and Luke. Self reliant, tough and a bit of a dreamer. We'll see the Skywalker characteristics in her... but we won't know who her parents are for a while.

 

I like lens flares... But yeah I agree in the terms of Ridley's character.

 

They get a bit cliche when they show up in every movie.

 

I know, I was being sarcastic