Redigerer Star Wars: The Force Awakens (avsnitt)

== Bakgrunn ==
''Star Wars''-skaperen [[George Lucas]] hadde lenge vurdert å lage en ny trilogi som skulle utspille seg etter hendelsene i ''[[Star Wars Episode VI: Jediridderen vender tilbake]]'' (1983), men det ble aldri noe av.<ref name="LATimes2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-lucas7-2008may07,0,7983947.story|title=George Lucas: 'Star Wars' won't go beyond Darth Vader|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|date=7. mai 2008|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate = 2017-10-11}}</ref> I oktober 2012 solgte han filmselskapet [[Lucasfilm]] til [[The Walt Disney Company]].<ref name="BloombergMar2013" />

Etter at Disney tok over begynte de arbeidet på den nye trilogien. Lucas bidro med ideer, men de ble avslått.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=George Lucas Says His Treatments for the New 'Star Wars' Films Were Discarded|date=21. januar 2015|url=http://collider.com/george-lucas-new-star-wars-movies-treatments|work=Collider.com|accessdate=2017-10-11|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127051200/http://collider.com/george-lucas-new-star-wars-movies-treatments/|archivedate=27. januar 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Det første manuset til filmen ble skrevet av [[Michael Arndt]].<ref name="Hiatt">{{cite web|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|title='Star Wars' Strikes Back: Behind the Scenes of the Biggest Movie of the Year|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/star-wars-strikes-back-behind-the-scenes-of-the-biggest-movie-of-the-year-20151202|accessdate=2017-10-11|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=2. desember 2015|archive-date=2016-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213015239/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/star-wars-strikes-back-behind-the-scenes-of-the-biggest-movie-of-the-year-20151202|url-status=yes}}</ref> I førsteutkastet hadde [[Luke Skywalker]] en langt større rolle enn det han hadde i sluttresultatet.<ref name="EWDec2015">{{cite web|first=Anthony|last=Breznican|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/20/jj-abrams-answers-burning-question-about-r2-d2-star-wars-force-awakens|title=J.J. Abrams explains R2-D2's closing scene in Star Wars: The Force Awakens|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=20. desember 2015|accessdate=2017-10-11}}</ref> [[David Fincher]], [[Brad Bird]], [[Ben Affleck]] og [[Guillermo del Toro]] ble alle vurdert som mulige regissører, men valget falt til slutt på [[J.J. Abrams]].<ref name="StarWarsComJan2013">{{cite web |url=http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite-jj-abrams-to-direct-star-wars-episode-vii.html |title=Star Wars Is Being Kick-Started with Dynamite |publisher=StarWars.com |date=25. januar 2013 |accessdate=2017-10-11 |archivedate=2016-01-10 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eR55nsV3?url=http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite |url-status=dead |df= |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2017-10-11 |arkivurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eR55nsV3?url=http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite |arkivdato=2016-01-10 |url-status=død }} {{Kilde www |url=http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2017-10-11 |arkiv-dato=2016-01-05 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105234339/http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite |url-status=yes }}</ref> [[Kathleen Kennedy]], Abrams og [[Bryan Burk]] skulle produsere filmen.

[[Lawrence Kasdan]] og Abrams tok over manusarbeidet da Arndt brukte for lang tid.<ref>{{cite news|last = Kit|first = Borys|title = Writer Michael Arndt Exits 'Star Wars: Episode VII'|url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/writer-michael-arndt-exits-star-650671|accessdate = 2017-10-11|newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 24. oktober 2013}}</ref> Abrams lot seg inspirere av førstefilmen ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: Et nytt håp]]'' (1977) og ville vektlegge følelser over informasjonsformidling.<ref name="Parismatch">{{cite web|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Livres/J-J-Abrams-un-livre-et-des-etoiles-549747|title=J.J. Abrams un livre et des étoiles|last=Micke|first=Sébastien|work=Paris Match|date=22. februar 2014|accessdate=2017-10-11}}</ref> I januar 2014 bekreftet Abrams at manuset var ferdig.<ref name="WrapScript">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/j-j-abrams-says-star-wars-episode-vii-script-done-confirms-jesse-plemons-talks|last=Molloy|first=Tim|title=J.J. Abrams Says 'Star Wars Episode VII' Script Done, Confirms Jesse Plemons Talks|work=The Wrap|date=19. januar 2014|accessdate=2017-10-11}}</ref>