The Director and the Jedi Page #6

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and I wrote down the names

of each one of the characters,

and I started just saying,

"What do I know about

each of these characters?

"What do I think they want?

Where can I see them going?"

And, "What would be the hardest thing

for each of them to come up against?"

And so, that was really the starting

point of the whole thing.

So, we start Rose in a really unflattering

maintenance jumpsuit uniform thing.

And then, she's in that until formal wear.

And there, we can really have fun.

So, you have to cast somebody tall.

It's not gonna happen.

We're looking at short, short people.

Really?

My intent is to cast someone

who you would not expect to see.

So, it'll make it hard on you.

Camera set.

And action.

You have to draw from fragments of things in your life

for the story, and for the characters,

and for what you care about.

And, I mean, that's entirely personal.

That's entirely from you.

And action, John.

When I wrote that character of Rose,

she was genuinely a nerd.

Like, someone who I would have

actually hung out with in high school.

She felt like a character

who didn't belong in a Star Wars movie.

And it appealed to me.

The only criteria I had to be true to

is who felt like this character

I had in my head.

And that was Kelly.

Another thing I wanted to ask you about

is our villain Benicio.

- Yes. Not a villain. Not a villain.

- Not a villain.

Don't believe the Internet.

Not a villain.

I don't think he should be in a tux.

I think he was there to meet a guy

about a thing, you know.

He was there on other business, basically.

And he was gonna get in and get out,

and then he got tossed in.

I mean, really subconsciously

what we want to evoke in the audience

is Han Solo.

We don't want to play it

too close to that,

but the whole thing of a scoundrel

and the audience expects him

to have a heart of gold.

Because of the scope of what we're doing,

it's not a schedule

based on actor's availability,

like most movies are.

It's a schedule based on

when sets are going to be ready.

So I have to see

when are those people going to work.

They've got something else, they've got windows.

Here is the situation with Laura.

The HBO show that she's supposed to

start working this week,

and us, ideally,

you know, trying to accommodate

so she can do both shows.

Yeah.

I'm just nervous.

What if we have to push by

an extra week or two weeks?

Who knows what happens?

And what about the casino?

Whatever it is.

I think it's Miami.

I think it's rich warlords

and slender supermodels.

Fellini-like. Fat, older rich women,

and, you know...

A casino in Star Wars, you know,

with fancy dress people,

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