So what was JJ's reason for having Luke on the island then
We do not know. Rian torched the outline with his movie. Since JJ is back for the 3rd, the question is if he will undo what Rian did to continue his vision, continue Rians vision, or take it even somewhere else new.
He obviously had much bigger plans for the Knights of Ren, Snoke, and Rey's parentage.
I dont think he did. I think he approached it kinda like Lost, where he set things up and then left it to everyone else to figure it out. That they then went back to him after Trevorrow left/was canned is just a matter of him already being familiar with the way theyre doing things.
You sure?
Q: Was Reys fate already planned by J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan as soon as the idea of Episode VII became official ?
DR: Heres what I think I know. JJ wrote Episode VII, as well as drafts for VIII & IX. Then Rian Johnson arrived and wrote TLJ entirely. I believe there was some sort of general consensus on the main lines of the trilogy, but apart from that, every director writes and realizes his film in his own way. Rian Johnson and JJ Abrams met to discuss all of this, although Episode VIII is still his very own work. I believe Rian didnt keep anything from the first draft of Episode VIII.
Whats that from? This is the first Ive ever heard of Abrams writing anything for 8 or 9, much less an actual draft of a script.
The way I heard it, after Johnson got the job, they basically sat down and asked him What happens next? ---