VIDEO : Force Awakens Is Its Own Movie - J.J. Abrams

With the new star wars film, the force awakens, slated to release next month, many people have been wondering how heavily it will lean on the prior movies in the franchise. The trailers and the marketing campaign have featured the older cast from the previous flicks such as Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Carrie Fisher returning as Princess Leia. To quell these fears, director J.J. Abrams said "We wanted to tell a story that had its own self-contained beginning, middle and end but at the same time, like A New Hope, implied a history that preceded it and also hinted at a future to follow,"