10 More Unused Star Wars Scenes That Would Have Changed Everything

Remember back when Episode VII: The Force Awakens' first few trailers melted the Internet all those years ago?

Well, during that marketing material, there was actually a moment there which showed the ol' pirate queen Maz Kanata handing the Skywalker lightsaber over to what looked like Leia Organa.

But when fans finally sat down to take in the first chapter of the sequel saga, they were surprised to learn that Leia didn't actually end up holding the legendary weapon at any point.

Instead, Maz ultimately attempted to give Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber to Rey after her Forceback moment before eventually passing it over to Finn.

Before Abrams opted to have Finn take the weapon to the Resistance base and Starkiller Base, however, the director originally shot a few scenes that would have involved Kanata following our heroes to that former location.

Here, she would have obviously given the iconic lightsaber to Luke's sister. But after realising that the character wouldn't have had much else to do once she'd delivered the blade, Abrams told EW that he felt the moment just became "unnecessary." 

It was soon taken out, and both the lightsaber and Maz's original journeys in the film were ever so slightly altered as a result.