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“Amazement and pure, childlike
enthusiasm. The excitement and
passion that he has for this story
and this world was a constant
reminder to me.”
For his part, taking on the
movie was a dream project for
Terrio. “I came to Star Wars as a fan,

first and foremost,” he declares.
“Return of the Jedi (1983) was the “If you took

fi rst film I ever saw, and I made away the space
my father drop me off at the local
theater to see it every weekend for element, the
about six months. When it came Star Wars of it
to this project, I had extremely
high expectations—it meant the all, it’s about
world to me—and I didn’t take people and how
the responsibility lightly. There they make their
wasn’t a day where J.J., Michelle
[Rejwan] and I weren’t in constant way in life,
communication, because we all confronting and
knew we needed to get it right. dealing with the
Every waking moment was devoted
to this movie while we were diffi culties they
making it.” experience.”
Co-producing the movie with
Daisy Ridley (Rey)
J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy
is Michelle Rejwan, Lucasfi lm’s 01
senior vice president of live action
and development, and she was well
aware of the storytelling challenges 02
they faced.
“There was so much story yet
to tell for these characters, for
Kylo Ren and Rey, for Finn and
Poe, as well as the other characters
we’ve met or meet along the way,
in addition to everything else
culminating in one fi lm,” Rejwan
confirms, adding, “There were a

lot of storylines coming together,
and we hope audiences will fi nd it
emotionally satisfying, surprising,
thrilling, scary, and unexpected. I
feel really proud that the writing
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was ambitious in honestly telling
each character’s story.”
Dark Revelations
While the Star Wars movies have
always been ensemble pieces, the
focus has usually fallen upon two
main protagonists. In the original
trilogy it was the dysfunctional
clash of father and son, Darth
Vader and Luke Skywalker, while
in the prequels the forbidden
relationship between Anakin and
Padmé drove the story forward. In

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