It's safe to say that one of the biggest films in 2015 will be "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens." This heavily anticipated sequel will premiere in December 2015, and it already has a huge fan base. However, evidence may point to a connection between one of "Episode VII's" most controversial elements and Apple's famous designer Jony Ive.
The New Yorker published a new profile of British designer Jony Ive on Monday. While the profile is a fascinating look at Ive and his work, one particular nugget of information stood out to many readers. According to the profile's author, Ive apparently crossed paths with "Episode VII's" director J.J. Abrams during his work.
Ive said that he "once sat next to J.J. Abrams at a boozy dinner party in New York, and made what Abrams recalled as 'very specific suggestions' about the design of lightsabers." Abrams told the author that "'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' would reflect those thoughts, but he wouldn't say how.' "
This phrase has led many to suspect that the controversial lightsaber crossguards may have been Ive's ideas, according to The Verge. Ive denies this claim and says he argued that the lightsaber should be "more analog and ominous, and I think, in that way, somehow more ominous."
When the first "Episode VII" trailer premiered in November 2014, the Internet exploded with memes and criticism of the crossguards. While many viewers thought the idea was cool, many others thought it was unrealistic for how one uses a lightsaber, ScreenRant reported.
