By Chris Seekell
Any Star Wars fans regularly checking the Episode VII cast list on movie information site IMDb will have noticed that among other confirmed roles, actress Daisy Ridley has been credited as Legacy canon character Jaina Solo.
After Ridley was announced for Episode VII along with a photo that placed her between Han Solo actor Harrison Ford and Leia Organa actress Carrie Fisher, many fans have speculated that the film would include the now non-canon daughter of Han and Leia.
However, today, Ridley took to Twitter to subtly refute the rumors.
guys the world and his wife can update IMDB. Just saying
— Daisy Ridley (@ridley_daisy) June 14, 2014
We should probably take this as a hint that while possibly including some Legacy elements, Episode VII will be an original story with new characters.
UPDATE: Daisy Ridley has since deleted the Tweet.
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31 comments:
As for who's making the film, Marvel wouldn't be having the success it is if not for Disney's input and film making experience, not to mention financial backing, if you think Disney isn't as involved in this as Lucasfilm you're gravely naive
1. Jaina is only an "actual character" in the EU, which the company is now ON RECORD as abandoning vis a vis the new films.
2. They will keep neither. Who's to say she's even playing their daughter? Who's to say they will even have a daughter in the films? Give it up; the EU will never make it off the pages of the books.
"You must unlearn what you have learned."
I would really like to see the movies following at least to some extent the EU, I really enjoy the stories, but that does not mean that Disney HAS to. For all we know, JJ Abrams hasn't even read the EU and has no idea who Jaina Solo is.
Disney just all the sudden decided they don't want to recognize 20+ years of stories and games because it would make writing 7-9 extremely complex. It's easier for them to build a story line that will appeal to the masses (beyond us die hard EU fans) if they say "we're rebooting, we don't recognize the EU in our storyline"
I think they'd be foolish to COMPLETELY ignore the EU and not bring characters like the Solo kids, the Horns, Kyp Durron, Ben and Mara Jade Skywalker and similar central figures of the past 20+ years of stories into the film in some form or fashion. They can make these characters exist without really recognizing the EU in its full form.
They could surprise us, however, and still have her be Jaina, but as their granddaughter, or, her character really is Rey (as it's currently listed on IMDB) and she's Jaina's daughter, thus, still being their granddaughter.
Moreover, should the next book continue the current e.u., or the force awakens? Alternate time line in star trek, alternate story line in Star Wars... Don't give a Damn if abrams is best director ever (Not even close), why can't he make a great movie without ignoring everything else about the franchise?
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