Watch the entire ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ junket now
Writer Lawrence Kasdan, from left, Carrie Fisher, Lupita Nyong’o, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley and J.J. Abrams appear at a press junket for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
The best parts of the global junket for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is all on video. Watch the new and original faces of “Star Wars” come together and get extremely uncomfortable about spoiler questions, but still manage to share a few good behind-the-scenes stories.
All-new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” cast members Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Lupita Nyong’o and Oscar Isaac gathered with legacy players Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, plus director J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan at the global press conference.
Part 1:
J.J. Abrams, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, Carrie Fisher and Lawrence Kasdan.
Mindy Kaling is the surprise host for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” junket, “I know when you think of me the first thing you think of is, huge Star Wars fan.’”
Video from the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press conference.
- J.J. talks about how he’s not too rich to make “Star Wars.”
- Who was the most difficult actor to work with? The answer, Oscar Isaac.
Thoughts on Adam Driver’s character Kylo Ren and Lupita Nyong’o’s Maz Kanata
Video from the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press conference.
- Lawrence Kasdan on Kylo Ren: “There’s never been a character like Kylo in the saga. He hasn’t got his ... all together, I would say. And Adam acts it so beautiful. What you’re looking at, what you’re expecting is oh, this is some evil genius. But what you’re getting is all the contradictions and the conflicts that any one of us could feel at any moment. And I think that’s what’s unique about what Adam has done.”
- J.J. Abrams reveals that Maz and Yoda have crossed paths.
Daisy Ridley on her character Rey and Kasdan on the continuation of “Star Wars.”
Video from the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press conference.
- How Disney’s “Mulan” inspired Daisy Ridley’s character Rey.
- Did anything we’ve learned from space exploration or science make it into the new “Star Wars?” No...
The secrecy behind “Force Awakens”
Video from the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press conference.
- What were the scariest days for members of the cast?
What was the scariest day for J.J. Abrams?
Video from the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press conference.
- How Kasdan and Abrams came up with the new names of their “Star Wars” characters.
- What Kasdan and Abrams used from the extended universe and how.
The movies that inspired “Force Awakens”
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- Adam Driver discusses playing the new “Star Wars” antagonist.
Will there be a post-credit “Star Wars” Easter Egg scene?
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Video 7.
- J.J. Abrams and Carrie Fisher argue about her dog, Gary, and his nonexistent cameo in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
- Not shown, the full argument about Gary.
PART 2
Harrison Ford, Kathleen Kennedy, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac all onstage together.
Why Harrison Ford returned to “Star Wars”
Video from the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press conference.
- Why Harrison Ford returned to “Star Wars.”
- Kathleen Kennedy confirms, no Jar Jar Binks and no Ewoks.
What’s the difference between the original movies and the “Force Awakens”?
Video from the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press conference.
- Which actors had the best party trailers? Oscar Isaac lost his Uncle on set and found him in Carrie Fisher’s set with Gary.
John Boyega tells the greatest “Star Wars” party story in the history of the planet
Video from the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press conference.
- Then Gwen Christie says she can’t top Boyega’s story because she’s been busy working on “Game of Thrones.”
What it felt like to wield the blue legacy lightsaber
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- John Boyega, “I was very excited to use that thing because I think blue suits me. And it was amazing for me to read the whole script and to find out all the things that Finn gets to do. For me I felt like for some reason, did J.J. know what kind of fan I was when I came to Star Wars and write this role for me. I get to wear a Stormtrooper suit, wear a Rebel Jacket, I have a blaster, I get to use a lightsaber, I hang out with Han Solo and Chewie. It’s just fantastic. “
How the original “Star Wars” films influenced the actors and the creators
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- Gwen Christie, “I just remember, I was about 6 when I saw the film and I remember being so struck by the character of Princess Leia and thinking even then in my infant mind ‘this seems different to the other women I see in films.’ And feeling very, very inspired by that. And inspired by a woman with such tenacity and being strong-minded. And I asked Carrie Fisher, I said, ‘I felt like watching your performance implanted a seed in my mind?’ And Carrie said that she did plant a seed actually in my mind.”
- John Boyega reveals how he found inspiration (during his audition process) from Mark Hamill’s original audition tape ... and he “booked it.”
It’s not much in plot points or character development, but it’s still worth it to watch Carrie Fisher give J.J. Abrams polite hell.
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