Rey’s Force visions

When she first touches the lightsaber at Maz Kanata’s castle, Rey has her first Force experience – visions of the past, which reveal firsthand the existence of the Jedi and the Sith. However, while the scene which remained in Star Wars: The Force Awakens clears the muddy waters around Kylo Ren, it could have been much longer and much better (as far as we are concerned).

And this deleted scene followed the initial opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with Luke’s hand floating into space. In this way, her visions also show her a couple of scenes from The Empire Strikes Back, from when Vader cut off Luke’s hand.

The extended version of the vision also showed that the initial scene (which ended on the cutting room floor) was a flashback, rapidly explaining why the lightsaber was falling out of the sky. Most importantly, it revealed that the planet wasn’t Jakku.