Reys parents are not inEpisode VII, he told the audience.
So I cant possibly say in this moment who they are.
But I will say it is something that Rey thinks about, too.
Credit: David James/2015 Lucasfilm LTD.
Reys story picks up again in Rian Johnsons still-untitledEpisode VIII, arriving Dec. 15, 2017.
Read on for more highlights from Rock and Abrams sit-down.
In the wrong hands it could have been the corniest s ever, but you did it so artfully.
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I literally started to tear up, Abrams said.
So I kind of banked that.
Someone at the studio said, I dont know, is she hot enough?
… That exec is no longer there.
And now shes Jennifer Garner.
Every day he was the greatest, incredibly collaborative, he said.
Evidently, the exec didnt, and the show became what we know it to be now.
We had an idea that the future was so bright, and it just couldnt be contained …
I overdid it, and then I went further, and then the secondStar Trekmovie, I went nuts.
Weve all made mistakes.
Mine was with light.
I realized it was preposterous, and I had to pull back.
Can you direct the Fantastic Four?
Can someone save it?
I love the Fantastic Four and they keep fing it up!
