I knew we needed people for this one sequence that would be particularly fun to see a group of people working together. How did that happen? You don't have to spoil their part. Peter: You bought in the team from The Raid to do an action sequence in The Force Awakens. And its so cool to see what happens next in a way that only someone as talented as Rian could do. Some were very easy to do, and some things were things that I didn't want to do for other reasons, but I tried to be as accommodating as I could. Abrams: There were a handful of things we talked about that were going to be helpful to him. Peter: Does Rian read your script and maybe suggest some changes or additions for things he maybe wants to seed early for his film? J.J. When Rian, who I admire enormously and adore, came on board, we met and talked with him about all the things we were working on and playing with, and he as a spectacular writer and director has taken those things and has written an amazing script that I think will be an incredible next chapter, some of which incorporating things we were thinking of and other things are things we could never of dreamed of. We also knew that certain things were inevitable in our minds but that didn't mean it would be inevitable for whoever came in next. But we knew this had to neither be a backwards moving nostalgic trip only nor a beginning of a movie without a satisfying conclusion, and that was part of the balancing act - embracing what we have inherited and using that where and whenever possible to tell a story that hasn't been seen yet. Abrams: We didn't write a treatment but there are countless times we came up with something and said "oh, this would be so great for Episode VIII!" or "Thats what we could get to in IX!" It was just that kind of forward moving story. Peter: When you're developing this story, and this isn't me prying for info, but how do you balance developing this one movie versus planting the seeds for the rest of the new trilogy of films that have announced? Do you end up writing a treatment for the three films? J.J. He was the dream collaborator to say "Where would we be now? What would have happened from the remnant of the Empire? Where is the republic now? What happened to Han, Leia, Luke and all these characters that we've come to know and love?" So he was the dream person to have in the trenches with you. But it was very much about answering the questions: What do we want to feel? Why are we telling this story? Who are the characters that have any meaning or relevance or make us feel something? Because Larry had created some of the greatest lines in Star Wars, with Yoda and some of the great sequences, he had been living with Star Wars for decades. Abrams: I can't quantify that, but I can say that the spirit of it, the feeling of it, the continuum and telling a brand new story set in a world that just like VI from V and V from IV would feel like a continuum, is always the thing Larry and I wanted to do. How different is what you guys ended up making from what George had originally planned? J.J. And Kathleen Kennedy brought on Larry Kasdan and Michael Arndt, and it was those people I began working with. I came on board and Disney had already decided they didn't want to go that direction, so the mandate was to start from scratch and tell a story that was the continuum. Peter: When you first came on and decided "I'm going to do it," there was this George Lucas treatment for three new films but you guys decided to go your own way- J.J. Peter: And I'm very interested in the development process, so its going to be heavy on that. Abrams: I'd be honored to answer anything you ask. I've watched most of the interviews you've done for this film, and it seems a lot of the same questions are asked so I want to ask you some questions I haven't seen yet.
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