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Adam Driver Says Kylo Ren’s Original ‘Star Wars’ Arc Got Overhauled: He Was Supposed to Be the ‘Most Committed to the Dark Side’ by the End (variety.com)
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[–] rezz@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They did have it. Michael Arndt, who I know from personal experience is a Star Wars savant at like a scientific level, had his script and outlines scrapped. JJ and Kennedy redid the whole thing after Disney got cold feet. So TFA script itself was a rush rewrite after Arndt had been writing for 1-2 years.

EDIT: best I could find for any public document of this which is a summary of the art book - https://www.scribd.com/document/312786415/Star-Wars-Episode-VII-The-Force-Awakens-Early-Script-Details