We get word via an article posted on The Hollywood Reporter that The Maker himself, George Lucas, has in fact seen the final cut of The Force Awakens as confirmed by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. She also said Lucas really liked what he saw and that he will be attending the premiere of the film later this month in Los Angeles and in London.
On watching The Force Awakens, he told the Post, “I gotta go to the wedding. My ex will be there, my new wife will be there, but I’m going to have to take a very deep breath and be a good person and sit through it and just enjoy the moment, because it is what it is and it’s a conscious decision that I made.”
Now that Lucas has seen The Force Awakens, he has joined an exclusive circle that includes star Harrison Ford, friend and collaborator Steven Spielberg and top Disney executives. (Even Star Wars spinoff directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow have said they haven’t seen the film, and Episode VIII filmmaker Rian Johnson and Star Wars: Rogue One’s Gareth Edwards only have viewed a rough version).