Via Bbc.com:
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy talks The Force Awakens and British talent at Star Wars Convention
It’s the final few hours of the official Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. Kathleen Kennedy, the President of Lucasfilm and one of the producers of the eagerly awaited The Force Awakens is reflecting on the unprecedented reaction to the film’s latest teaser trailer, unveiled to fans at the start of the convention.
“It was staggering,” she says. “When Harrison [Ford who plays Han Solo] and Chewie come on screen and he says ‘Chewie, we’re home!’ and the entire room of almost eight thousand people just leapt to their feet and roared, I mean I can’t think of anything I’ve ever been to – other than a rock concert – that felt quite like that.”
The level of expectation surrounding the film is huge, partly because it sees the return to a galaxy far, far away of not just Harrison Ford’s Han Solo, but also Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker and Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia. It’s been more than thirty years since the three last appeared in a Star Wars movie together.
But there’s a new trio at the core of this sequel to 1983’s Return of the Jedi. Oscar Isaac who plays Resistance pilot Poe Dameron. And two young British actors, Daisy Ridley (Rey) and John Boyega (Finn). They were introduced to deafening cheers and applause at the same Celebration event where the teaser was premiered. An early indication of how this film is likely to change both their lives. “[It’s] a journey no-one can prepare either one of them for,” admits Kennedy. “I think so far they’ve handled it great.”
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