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It’s really only Han Solo that plays a major role in the movie. Having now seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the focus isn’t as clear-cut as that.

Abrams took over, he supposedly wanted to focus more on the original trio to give them a fitting sendoff. Michael Arndt’s script apparently leaned into the generational aspects of the Skywalker Saga and focused more heavily on the offspring of Luke, Han and Leia (although it’s not clear whose offspring), with the trio playing more of a supporting role. The biggest reported difference between Michael Arndt’s Star Wars: Episode VII and what we got with Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the film’s character focus. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan took over, and that it was their vision that largely dominated the final film. Furthermore, all indications are that the film changed significantly when J.J. Michael Arndt may share a screenwriting credit on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but what we know about his script paints a picture of a very different Episode VII than what we got.

The Focus Of The Film May Have Been Different But regardless of why he left or whether or not he finished a complete draft of the script, we do know a fair bit about what Michael Arndt had in mind for Episode VII. Scheduling issues were also cited at one point, but it seems more likely that the time crunch and the all-powerful creative differences played more of a role. Michael Arndt, who wrote the brilliant Toy Story 3, has even admitted to struggling with certain aspects of the script. Supposedly Michael Arndt was struggling with the script, and with a release date set, the production simply didn’t have time to wait, so someone else had to take over.Īccording to Lawrence Kasdan, when he came aboard, they had nothing, and it has been reported that Michael Arndt had failed to produce a single full draft of the script. So what happened? Well, as is the case with most of the creative turnover in the Disney era of Star Wars, we may never have a complete picture, and can only go off of what we’ve heard and what’s been said.