Director J.J. Abrams Talks about Deleted Scenes from 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

Even before the first trailer came out, the Star Wars fandom had been searching all over the internet for possible spoilers and exclusive teasers, which could satisfy their craving to know what is install for the continuation of the saga. Now that the film has been released, keen fans have probably realized that some of those scenes shown in the trailers were not included in the actual movie.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, 'The Force Awakens' director J.J. Abrams talked about the changes made to the scenes, and he revealed that there were a number of shots which they did not really use for the movie.

One of the glaring changes was a scene showing Maz Kanata played by Lupita Nyong'o handing the Skywalker lightsaber into the hands of Princess Leia.

When asked whether cutting some scenes was a tactic to misdirect spoilers and keep the 'mystery' of the film intact, he implied that they had to take out some scenes as part of standard edits.

"Sometimes you discover that things you would have cut off a limb to shoot on the day are absolutely inconsequential, and in fact less impactful than if you were to remove it," the director told EW before the opening of the film.

Abrams emphasizes that though they try to shoot only what is necessary in consideration of everyone's time, it is inevitable to make some changes when they are in the editing room.

Abram shares, "...when you're in the editing room you realize, for instance, that introducing the character there actually diminishes their power. Or, giving that information actually distracts you from what you should be concentrating on. Or, having that moment happen concurrent with that moment actually gets in the way of both - things like that."

He commended his editors, Mary Jo Markey and Maryann Brandon, who have collaborated with him and tried to be open with possible changes.

Abrams talked about the deleted Maz Kanata scene. He shares, "That was a scene actually filmed, but we took out. At one point, Maz used to continue along with the characters back to the Resistance base, but we realized that she really had nothing to do there of value, except to be sitting around,"