Entertainment Weekly is posting a lot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens content this week, even teasing Snoke, Maz, and Luke stuff for Thursday.
"She's referred to as General," co-writer and director J.J. Abrams told EW. "But ... there's a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her ‘Princess.'"
Whoever that character may be, I hope it's someone who can cheer her up, because according to Fisher, Leia is always down in The Force Awakens. Fisher told the magazine Leia is "solitary" in the movie. "Under a lot of pressure. Committed as ever to her cause, but I would imagine feeling somewhat defeated, tired, and pissed."
Here are some interesting tidbits from the
1) "Rey was ditched on Jakku by her family when she was a child and has no idea why — or why they never returned."
2) "Gwendoline Christie's Captain Phasma wasn't the only female in armor. 'We had women in stormtrooper costumes in the movie,' Abrams says, so audiences will be seeing a mixed gender fighting force from The First Order whether they realize it or not. (The armor isn't form-fitting, of course.)"
3) "Unlike Rey, [Finn] has learned a lot about Luke Skywalker — but he has been taught he was a villain who destroyed the benevolent Empire."
4) "Producer Bryan Burk says the last major day of shooting on
The Force Awakens
was this dreary, rainy scene featuring Adam Driver's Kylo Ren and some masked figures in armor believed to be the Knights of Ren."
5) "The chrome-plated trooper originated as a design for Kylo Ren, but then J.J. Abrams was inspired to create a new character. 'I just thought it would be really cool if we could find someone to play the part who was female, and I'm a fan of
Game of Thrones
; Gwendoline is in that show, [
The Force Awakens
casting director] Nina Gold casts it, she knew Gwendoline, obviously,' he says. 'We were very lucky to get to have her in the movie. She's not in many scenes, but her presence is powerfully felt when she's there.'"
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