Find Out Which New STAR WARS: TFA Character Was Originally Supposed To Be Killed Off
Star Wars: The Force Awakens introduces us to five new main characters (Rey, Finn, BB-8, Kylo Ren and Poe Dameron), but one of 'em wasn't originally supposed to make it to the end credits. You can find out who after the jump, but beware of major plot SPOILERS...
Obviously if you still haven't seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens (what the heck is the matter with you?), there are big SPOILERS ahead.
There is of course one major character death in the J.J. Abrams-directed movie, but at one point another was planned. During an interview with GQ, Oscar Isaac reveals that ace X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron was actually killed off in an earlier draft of the script.
Though initially hesitant to take the role when he found this out, the actor eventually agreed to sign on - but by that stage Abrams and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan had changed their minds anyway, and allowed Dameron to survive. Here's how the news of the character's demise was apparently relayed to Isaac.
"He’s amazing!” said Abrams.
“Sounds good!” thought Isaac, whose first experience in a movie theater had been seeing The Empire Strikes Back.
“He opens the whole movie!” said Abrams.
“Sounds great!” thought Isaac.
“And then,” Abrams went on. “He dies.”
“Oh,” thought Isaac.
It's assumed Dameron would have perished in the TIE Fighter crash that he and Finn ultimately walked away from in the movie, which really would have been a waste of a great character, so it's understandable that Abrams rethought things.
Hopefully the Resistance pilot will have a bigger role in episodes 8 and 9 - but if he was originally supposed to be killed off, there is always the chance it'll happen eventually! More at the link below.
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