'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Deleted Scenes Revealed in New Images
In what can be seen as a marketing move from Disney and Lucasfilm, fans get their preview at what's coming with the upcoming home media release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." The preview includes new images and fresh details about the film's deleted scenes.
Entertainment Weekly got hold of the photos and information of seven deleted scenes. Although these scenes don't change the plot, it does offer fans an opportunity to know each character in a deeper way.
Here's a rundown of the deleted scenes from EW.
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Finn and The Villager
First Order Stromtrooper FN-2187 Finn, played by actor John Boyega, is troubled by his conscience and makes a difficult decision.
Jakku Message
This scene would have introduced Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) as a general in the Resistance. In this particular scene, she receives a distress signal from BB-8 regarding what happened on Jakku.
X-Wings Prepare for Lightspeed
Actor Oscar Isaac is X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron, and this deleted scene would have shown him leading the Resistance into battle
Kylo Searches The Falcon
Kylo Ren, played by actor Adam Driver, discovers the Millennium Falcon in the Starkiller base which he then starts investigating on.
Snow Speeder Chase
This scene features Finn and Daisy Ridley's Rey as try to escape from the Starkiller Base with the help of stolen snowspeeders.
Finn Will Be Fine
Another Finn and Rey moment, where Rey is seen looking over her injured friend.
At Maz Kanata's Base
There's also a scene where Harrison Ford's Han Solo, Fin, and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) are confronted by Stromtroopers at the base of Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong'o).
"There are so many things that end up getting cut because of the greater good, because of the rhythm of the sequence or the need to get on with it, a sense of redundancy," director J.J. Abrams tells EW. "You don't know any of these things when you're making the movie, of course. It was sometimes after months of working on something that you realize finally—you just don't need it."
The director commented further that they always bring their A game to each day of shooting. Because of this, every day feels as "essential" as all the rest and it annoys him to realize that a scene wasn't really necessary to the story.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will be available as a digital download on April 1 and on April 5 on Blu-ray and DVD.
