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I'm thinking about making my own toy universe based off of the original concepts, scripts, treatments, and concept art for the sequels, which was all better than what was eventually made.
>In all of the early scripts to The Force Awakens, as well as art prior to the casting, Finn's character is named "Sam" and he's a white guy. Descriptions of Sam's character was said to be a charismatic Han Solo type character, who was a pirate who was a former Stormtrooper who deserted from the "Neo-Empire" and essentially was similar to Alden Ehrenreich's Han Solo, since Larry Kasdan worked on the scripts for both Episode 7 and Solo, and likely recycled Sam into young Han Solo. Sam as it turns out is force sensitive and witnesses the "Neo-Empire"(likely just a working name) kill some captured Rebels/New Republic soldiers.
>Sam encounters Poe(he's listed as "John Doe" in the script since they didn't have a name for him yet), who's a black guy and also a jedi who had a wookie side-kick in some production material. Poe is described as being Mace Windu like, and is drawn as Samuel L Jackson in production art. Sam, helps the captured Poe escape, freeing Poe and escaping in a Tie Fighter. Together they're joined by a small hovering probe droid named "Surely" who escaped being melted down in an incinerator.