Han Solo’s “Chewie, we’re home” line, revealed at the end of one of the early trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has become an early frontrunner for the most iconic and quotable line in the film — but Harrison Ford himself wanted to play with it a little bit and see if he could get a better delivery when he first read the script.
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“We tried a variety of versions,” Ford told FOX 5 DC’s Kevin McCarthy. “And the one that’s there is the one that was scripted. We couldn’t do any better than that.”
You can check out the full interview — and more from the cast, including Ford saying “I don’t care” when asked about the who-shot-first controversy — below.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan & Abrams, features a cast including actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow. They will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters December 18, 2015, kicking off a new trilogy of Saga films as Episodes VIII and IX are already scheduled.
