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Star Wars: The Force Awakens writer REVEALS why Rey could pull away Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from Kylo Ren
Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) reveals why Rey (Daisy Ridley) was able to Force-grab Luke Skywalker's lightsaber away from Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) in the film. Read below to know what Lawrence had to say on the same.
We're now less than a month away from witnessing the end of an iconic saga as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will release in December 2019. We can expect an extravagant event that will be remembered for decades as well as a bittersweet ending, which was promised by the trailers, so far. If there is one iconic moment from previous movies that left us all baffled and will have to be trumped over in the latest installment, it's in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) when Rey (Daisy Ridley) is able to Force-grab Luke Skywalker's lightsaber away from Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).
While it was an applause-worthy scene, one still wonders how Rey was able to pull the lightsaber away from Kylo, who is a part of the Skywalker family and has had formal Jedi training. Explaining the reason behind this iconic moment is The Force Awakens co-writer Lawrence Kasdan. While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Lawrence commented on how we already know that Rey is "full of The Force" and that in earlier demonstrations, she had shown her true worth and was not unimportant.
"The saber flies into her hand because it belongs in her hand. While the secret to Kylo is that he’s massively insecure. He wants to be Darth II, but he isn’t because he’s very conflicted about everything he wants. He wants to be that pure force of evil and power, but he’s not purely any of that," Kasdan added.
While Lawrence isn't sure what happens in The Rise of Skywalker, the writer is sure that more of Kylo's insecurities will play out. "He says right before, 'That lightsaber, it belongs to me.' So when it flies by him into her hand everything he worries about is confirmed," Kasdan informed. Interestingly, the moment, when things looked the darkest for Rey that the lightsaber would fly into her hand, was planned out well in advance between Lawrence and J.J. Abrams while writing The Force Awakens.
Furthermore, Lawrence credited the scene to Daisy's "spectacular" performance and as a quip to those who debate on Rey's abilities, Ridley herself concluded, "We’re running around in space, guys, don’t make rules."
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Also starring John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is slated to release in India on December 20, 2019.
