ItsStar Wars: The Force AwakensBlu-ray week.
It was a momentous thing for the new actors, Abrams recalls.
We were not just coming together but we were going to be reading alongside the existing cast.
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It was…you could feel it in the air, the moment.
It was exciting because we felt like it made it real in a weird way.
Even Mark Hamill was there but doing … what exactly?
After the Wheres Luke?
Abrams has a simple answer for that: Deception.
It was partly trickery, the director tells EW.
We knew, obviously, that he didnt speak in the film.
But it also wouldnt have been right to have him there and not participate.
That meant he suddenly went from no lines, to lines on practically every page.
The Blu-ray bonus feature The Story Awakens shows footage from that rehearsal.
I almost felt guilty, Abrams said.
And yet it also felt so right and I hoped that he would say yes.
He immediately said, Of course.'
Having his voice in it made the read through a better experience for everyone.
Tomorrow: A burning question about Kylo Ren answered.
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