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General Hux

The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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  • "Yoda-like mentor" for the protagonists realized March 2013 (p. 40)
Rey
  • Originally known as Kira (first directly stated page 20)
  • First realized in January 2013, during the concept art stage (p. 20)
  • Early Kira a "loner, hothead, gear-head, badass" --screenwriter Michael Arndt
  • April 17 story and design meeting between Michael Arndt, Rick Carter, and J.J. Abrams at Bad Robot Productions turns Kira into a junk planet scavenger, "initially works in a used car lot of sorts for an elder fatherly figure, a Republic pilot", Kira watches ships and daydreams of leaving backwater planet (p 54)
Finn
  • Originally known as Sam (p. 20)
  • Original Sam "pure charisma" --screenwriter Michael Arndt
  • First realized in January 2013, during the concept art stage (p. 20)
  • April 17 meeting turns Sam into beginning as a stormtrooper (p. 54)
Poe Dameron
  • Originally "John Doe" as a temporary name (p. 40)
  • Was almost a Jedi, then a bounty hunter (p. 49)
  • April 17 meeting turns Doe into "Republic military man" with droid carrying important info ("consciously reflecting R2-D2"), must team up with Sam to complete mission. (p. 54)
Kylo Ren
  • Originally known as "Jedi Killer", name given around March 2013 but at this point has no origin (p. 40)
  • March '13 explores an attack on outpost by Jedi Killer and his "hooligans" -- initially conceived as "pirate-mercenaries" before later becoming stormtroopers -- and the realization of the climatic showdown on an ice planet (p. 40)
  • March '13, J.J. sees concept art of Jedi Killer looking like Vader, springboads the Vader "impostor" idea to "mess with Luke's head" (p. 40)
  • At one point considered Jedi Killer owning his own droid, possibly a torture droid (p. 120)
  • "The Jedi Killer design was like trying to land a helicopter on a penny. We couldn't be too Vader-ish, but we couldn't reference something else too heavily, either." --Dillon (p. 131)
Maz Kanata
  • "Archetypal mentor character" of Maz Kanata first "tackled" June '13 (p. 78)