NeverarGreat said:
Why did Luke and Leia keep the nature of Han's death a secret from Jeni?
But that's just a small detail.
You'll see.
NeverarGreat said:
I could definitely see Disney going with a story like this. The young, female lead, the derelict remains of the Falcon, the Jedi path, all things that an audience would expect from a sequel to Return of the Jedi. The smaller scale of the conflict (at this point), the echo of Luke's temptation to the Dark Side, the lack of the two droids, are elements that I wouldn't expect in the sequels. I like that Han, Chewie, and the droids all died. Their character arcs were pretty well over anyway.
I'm walking a line between exploring new territory, in a narrative sense, and also retaining that distinctly Star Wars-ian ethos we loved about the OT. I'm also inverting certain established tropes of Star Wars, just not in the nigh-sacrilegious manner of the PT, while also not downplaying the significance of everything that was accomplished in the OT.
As for the small scale...it gets bigger. The OT had to be an epic fate-of-the-galaxy-hangs-in-the-balance kind of story from the very beginning because the audience had to be introduced to the massive breadth and scope of the Star Wars setting. When your audience goes into a story not knowing the first thing about the world in which the story takes place, then the tendency is to set the stakes so that the entire fictional universe is in peril.
That's not the case in this sequel trilogy. The audience has presumably seen the OT. It's my justification for starting with a relatively small story. But trust me, things will get epic. This is a sequel trilogy. Anything can happen. It won't end in a way that leads to anything else that has existed in the post-ROTJ EU, to put it in a non-spoilery way.
NeverarGreat said:
You may want to illustrate why we should care more about Jeni than we do about Luke and Leia. After all, we've been with them for three movies, and they still seem active in the galaxy at this time. What does Jeni bring to the table that Luke or Leia can't? What makes them unable to truly understand her quest, and what makes her quest suited to her alone? Just some things to consider, if you haven't already.
Good point. An audience needs to feel in line with the protagonist's motivations. I've been thinking about that as well.
NeverarGreat said:
I'd like to see where it goes!
If you've been liking it so far, I'm sure won't be disappointed with what's coming up. We're not even done with the first movie. :)
I think if this movie were made today, the role of Jeni Solo should go to Chloe Moretz.