CNN: Is there one particular thing that is farthest away from the “Star Wars” we know and love?

Rinzler: Everyone seems to latch onto the fact that Han is a big green alien. That’s pretty far! He doesn’t have his own ship. His character is probably the most different, although he can already talk to Wookies. It’s fascinating to see all this stuff starting out, in a way.

What’s really fun is that R2-D2 talks in this one. There’s a couple of points where I felt like “R2-D2 should say something here,” and I added a line and that was really fun.

Mayhew: The characters in this story are much different than the characters in “Star Wars.” The relationships are a lot different and to me, more intense. Leia’s story is a little more complicated, and she’s more a part of the action. Annikin is more of a trained Jedi than Luke was. The older General Skywalker to me is so much cooler than Obi-Wan. This character is like Captain America, a bigger than life hero.