STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Director J.J. Abrams On The Lack Of Luke, Leia, And Han In The New Trilogy

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Director J.J. Abrams On The Lack Of Luke, Leia, And Han In The New Trilogy

The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams explains why Luke, Han, and Leia haven't received a larger share of the spotlight in the new trilogy, while a new BTS image takes us back to the Death Star II...

By JoshWilding - Nov 21, 2019 10:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Rolling Stone
It's hard to say what the legacy of the new Star Wars trilogy will end up being, as an awful lot hinges on the final chapter, J.J. Abrams' The Rise of Skywalker. Both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi were critical and commercial hits, but they weren't without their controversies and perhaps the biggest disappointment has been the lack of screentime for Luke, Han, and Leia,

The three have never even shared a scene at the same time in this trilogy, while creative decisions such as Luke turning his back on the Force, Leia having Jedi powers, and Han dying at the hands of his son haven't exactly gone down well with longtime fans of the Star Wars franchise. 

"It certainly could have been their story," Abrams told Rolling Stone. "But it felt like the way to use them was to be in support of a new story. The great thing about Star Wars fans is they care so much. And even those who are the most cynical or the most negative are still people who, for the most part, embrace what’s being done, even just as fodder for debate. All I can say is that the main characters in this trilogy felt naturally connected to those characters that came before."

Needless to say, that probably won't change the minds of fans disappointed with the fact that they've not been the focus of this trilogy...the question is, will The Rise of Skywalker make up for that?

Time will tell, but for now check out an awesome new behind the scenes image from the movie:



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ThorArms
ThorArms - 11/21/2019, 10:16 AM
Yeah JJ that'd be great if Disney didn't advertise it as a continuation of the Skywalker saga and get everyone hype for the return of said characters... If they had done them some Justice then I wouldn't care as much. You throw Luke and Han away, then keep Leia alive after what could've been a very fitting death for her at the beginning of TLJ...I think Han and Luke should be alive for RoS. It'd be much more emotional
Vigor
Vigor - 11/21/2019, 10:31 AM
@ThorArms - I'm not sure that makes sense

The prequel films were part of the Skywalker saga, but we only had Luke and Leia as babies. The story wasn't about them. It was about anakin
The original trilogy was about luke

These new movies are about Rey and Kylo. One is a Skywalker by blood, the other by spirit? We won't know her link until Dec 20th

But my point is, star wars is not about Luke, Han and Leia. The new movies didn't have to center around them. Plus, they're old.

Thing94
Thing94 - 11/21/2019, 10:17 AM
Lando is Rey's father
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 11/21/2019, 10:22 AM
@Thing94 - Nah, he's BB-8's dad.
KnifeWasTooSlow
KnifeWasTooSlow - 11/21/2019, 3:19 PM
@WakandanQueen - I reeaaally hope that was a SOLO reference, cause if so... clever.
hazapez
hazapez - 11/21/2019, 10:50 AM
stfu, abrams. just stfu.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 11/21/2019, 10:54 AM
Three trilogies. Three generations of Skywalker. Luke and Leia are the focus of the originals, Anakin is the focus of the prequels, and Kylo Ren is the focus of the sequels.

I legitimately don’t understand how or why that’s such a difficult concept for some people to grasp.
Vigor
Vigor - 11/21/2019, 11:11 AM
@MUTO123 - that's what I'm sayin'..

This is the ONE part of these movies they actually HAVE done correctly. Why would people want more leia/Luke and Han center of the conflict anyway?
kdav
kdav - 11/21/2019, 12:44 PM
@MUTO123 - Because most could care less about Kylo Ren, Poe, Rey and Fin. Just like nobody cared about Anakin and Padme.
Han, Luke, and Lea , Vader, C3P0 and R2D2 are what people wanted to see. And there was absolutely no reason not to continue on with their story, and very easily introduce new charters to carry on down the road from there.
Disambiguator
Disambiguator - 11/21/2019, 3:40 PM
@Vigor - Agreed. Honestly, LESS involvement from the OT leads would have given more room for development for the new characters. Leave Leia and Han out of it, have Luke show up when he did, reveal in Ep 8 that Kylo was Han and Leia's kid, play out the big finale. It could have been so dope.

That said, I've really enjoyed the first two films, and have high hopes for the third. Because I like to have fun at movies, not be mad at them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/21/2019, 3:41 PM
@kdav - but that’s what they did?
kdav
kdav - 11/22/2019, 4:55 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - No, they didn't, not even close.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/22/2019, 7:27 AM
@kdav - uh yes they did. Rey poe Finn were the new characters . And they have continued the OT characters story , continued until the end of their story , you just don’t like the continuation you got
TheSaint
TheSaint - 11/21/2019, 11:02 AM
The had the incredible chance to get the Beatles back together, and instead chose to keep them apart, and frankly, destroy their characters and legacy in the process. If they would have made the first movie an adventure with the original characters and introduce the new characters into the mix, trusted and depended on by the original characters, they would have been much more accepted by the fans. Instead, we got the originals are irrelevant, here are your new amazing heroes. No.
Disambiguator
Disambiguator - 11/21/2019, 3:56 PM
@TheSaint - The Beatles got back together in 1995. It sucked.
BigBoyCaprice
BigBoyCaprice - 11/21/2019, 11:03 AM
"Luke turning his back on the Force, Leia having Jedi powers, and Han dying at the hands of his son"...

Welp that pretty much sums it up
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/21/2019, 11:04 AM
"...are still people who, for the most part, embrace what’s being done..."


You can tell they may be slightly shaking about Episode 9.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 11/21/2019, 11:07 AM
They should have been. Waste.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 11/21/2019, 11:21 AM
Whatever you say JAR JAR ABRAMS!!!!! 🙄👎
inkniron
inkniron - 11/21/2019, 11:27 AM
Passing the torch is fine. Call me nuts though, the way they did it was dumb. They tried to force them down our throats when there was a preexisting connection to the previous cast. To me, the smart way to have done it would have been over the trilogy. Have a screen time split between old/new cast be roughly 70/30, 50/50, 30/70 with the kids taking the more prominent role in the finale when they had accrued a little bit of love. Then they could have milked them for 3 more films. Instead, all they did was foster a great deal of hate for the new cast and the execs behind this trilogy.
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