


The Focus Of The Film May Have Been Different

But regardless of why he left or whether or not he finished a complete draft of the script, we do know a fair bit about what Michael Arndt had in mind for Episode VII. Scheduling issues were also cited at one point, but it seems more likely that the time crunch and the all-powerful creative differences played more of a role. Michael Arndt, who wrote the brilliant Toy Story 3, has even admitted to struggling with certain aspects of the script. Supposedly Michael Arndt was struggling with the script, and with a release date set, the production simply didn’t have time to wait, so someone else had to take over.Īccording to Lawrence Kasdan, when he came aboard, they had nothing, and it has been reported that Michael Arndt had failed to produce a single full draft of the script. So what happened? Well, as is the case with most of the creative turnover in the Disney era of Star Wars, we may never have a complete picture, and can only go off of what we’ve heard and what’s been said.
