JJ Abrams admits his mistake on Star Wars: The Force Awakens (SPOILERS)

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WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

If the $2 billion plus global box office haul is anything to go by, fans were pretty satisfied with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That doesn't mean the movie doesn't have its fair share of critics, and one of the more common nitpicks concerns General Leia hugging Rey after Han Solo's death instead of Solo's long-time friend Chewbacca.

"Had Chewbacca not been where he was, you probably wouldn’t have thought of it", Abrams continued. "But because he was right there, passed by Leia, it felt almost like a slight, which was definitely not the intention."

Abrams' explanation goes a long way to helping us understand why the scene played out the way it did, but the fact that Rey and Leia sought each other out still poses some interesting questions. Hopefully we'll get some answers in Rian Johnson's Episode 8.

Directed by JJ Abrams and starring Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and Adam Driver, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be available to digital download on April 11, 2016, and out on DVD and Blu-Ray on April 5, 2016 in the US and April 18, 2016 in the UK.

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Amon Warmann
Amon Warmann

Amon is a contributing editor and columnist for Empire magazine, but is also a Film and TV writer for GamesRadar+, Total Film, and others. He has also written for NME, Composer Mag, and more, along with being a film critic for TalkSport. He is also the co-host of the Fade to Black Podcast, and a video mashup creator. Can also do a pretty good Bane impersonation.