Yesterday we brought you some comments from J.J. Abrams about Star Wars: The Force Awakens [see here], and now speaking to Wired the director has compared his experience developing the story for the upcoming blockbuster with his previous work on Super 8 and Star Trek Into Darkness, stating that he felt those movies both had “fundamental story problems”.
“We all take our experiences with us from one project to the next, but in this case, I never looked to draw from my past work. More than anything, I drew on personal experiences as cautionary tales, things that I didn’t want to do again. For example, I didn’t want to enter into making a movie where we didn’t really own our story. I feel like I’ve done that a couple of times in my career. That’s not to say I’m not proud of my work, but the fact is I remember starting to shoot Super 8 and Star Trek Into Darkness and feeling like I hadn’t really solved some fundamental story problems.”
Hopefully this won’t be the case with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan rewriting the original script from Michael Arndt in order to perfect their story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=W04aXcyQ0NQ
Originally published November 10, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
