4. Maz Kanata Had A Big Scene Cut From The Force Awakens
It seems Maz Kanatas confession that she knows the Force despite not being a Jedi had more to it than her apparent ability to sense peoples auras. According to Star Wars: The Force Awakens SFX supervisor Chris Corbould, there was a scene that didnt make it into the final cut where Maz took on the First Order directly: "There was a particular part of a scene that never made it, where they go underneath the castle and theyre going into the underground passageways, and stormtroopers are coming down the stairs and Maz uses her powers to collapse the ceiling. From my point of view, worked absolutely brilliantly because you had all the main actors running up and then Maz does her bit and then the whole ceiling collapses in front of them, but that never made it. That was a shot I was quite proud of, actually, it worked really, really well. So Maz had actual Jedi powers: does that mean Force powers can be tapped into by other powerful figures? Will there by more answers to come in the sequels? Lets hope so. Source.