Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy Talks ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’

The latest development for STAR WARS: EPISODE VII was the announcement that the rather brilliant John Williams is returning to score STAR WARS: EPISODE VII, and at one of the biggest gatherings of fans at Star Wars Celebration Europe, Warwick Davis spoke to Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy about the upcoming film.

She said:

‘The story and characters are all we’re talking about right now. We have an amazing team at ILM, who can create fantastic effects, but if we don’t have a great story and characters, the effects mean nothing. I do think making huge popular culture – and I’ve had the good fortune to be a part of a lot it – is really hard to do and get right. And if you don’t spend the time you need on developing characters, and finding stories, complicated stories, the audience gets tired because they think they’re seeing the same thing again and again.’

She added that STAR WARS: EPISODE VII will combine real locations and special effects:

‘It’s a conversation we’re having all the time in the development of STAR WARS: EPISODE VII, Looking at all the Star Wars movies and getting a feel for what even some of the early films did, combining real locations and special effects – that’s something we’re looking very seriously at. So we’re going to find some very cool locations that we’re going to use in support of EPISODE VII. And I think we’re probably going to end up using every single tool in the toolbox to create the look of these movies.’

Kennedy revealed that she is currently dividing her time between Lucasfilm and Bad Robot, where she’s having story meetings with J.J. Abrams and the writing team.

Here’s a clip of her backstage discussion with Warwick Davis:

Source: ComingSoon