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The "Star Wars Celebration" was held in Germany over the weekend, and some big announcements came out of this event. First of all, producer Kathleen Kennedy was in attendance with actor Warwick Davis, leading some to believe that the former Star Wars cast member will be joining Episode VII. The new head of Lucasfilm announced that John Williams, the legendary film composer responsible for the original Star Wars trilogy scores, will be returning for the next trilogy including 2015's Episode VII. She also spoke about director J.J. Abrams and George Lucas talking about the upcoming movie.
"Great stuff is coming out of those discussions," Kennedy said about working with both Lucasfilm and Bad Robot productions. "The story and characters are all we're talking about right now. We have an amazing team [who] can create fantastic effects, but if we don't have a great story and characters, the effects mean nothing. And if you don't spend the time you need on developing characters, and finding stories, complicated stories, the audience gets tired because they think they're seeing the same thing again and again."
"Looking at all the 'Star Wars' movies and getting a feel for what even some of the early films did, combining real locations and special effects -- that's something we're looking very seriously at," said Kennedy. "It's using model makers; it's using real droids; it's taking advantage of artwork that you actually can touch and feel. And we want to do that in combination with CG effects. We figure that's what will make it real."
When asked on Twitter about the influence of Star Wars fans, she replied: "They control everything. We're in service to you."
Check out this video featuring Warwick Davis interviewing the producer of Star Wars: Episode VII:
