SWVII cast announced, new and old faces comes back

[AlexGoesHigh]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/29/5661412/mark-hamill-carrie-fisher-and-harrison-ford-all-confirmed-as-leads-in

 

 

After months of speculation, J.J. Abrams and the Lucasfilm team have announced the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII — which will include Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford. The announcement comes after multiple alleged sightings in London this week.

 

Along with the original trio, Peter Mayhew will return as Chewbacca, along with Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker as C-3PO and R2-D2, respectively. Newcomers include big names like Andy Serkis and Max Von Sydow. In a statement, director J.J. Abrams said, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."

 

The full list of announced actors is as follows:

 

Mark Hamill — "Luke Skywalker"

Carrie Fisher — "Princess Leia"

Harrison Ford — "Han Solo"

Peter Mayhew — "Chewbacca"

Anthony Daniels — "C-3PO"

Kenny Baker — "R2-D2"

Adam Driver — Girls

John Boyega — Attack the Block

Daisy Ridley — Toast of London

Oscar Isaac — Inside Llewyn Davis

Andy Serkis — The Lord of the Rings

Domhnall Gleeson — About Time

Max Von Sydow — The Exorcist

 

Even though the film has yet to start filming, Episode VII has been a major production for some time, with a rumor mill devoted to its inner workings. Abrams has held directing duties since January of last year, but took on writing duties alongside Empire Strikes Back scribe Lawrence Kasdan since original writer Michael Arndt stepped off the project. Since that time, rumors swirled about the pair rethinking the story on a fundamental level.

 

Meanwhile, talk had been percolating that the original cast would join though confirmation, but a wild card always seemed to be Ford, who is reluctant to talk about Star Wars and even wanted Han Solo killed off in Return of the Jedi. However, according to a report from Deadline last night, Han Solo is said to have a 'gigantic" role in Episode VII, so whatever Abrams has in store was enough to pass his threshold at the very least.

 

Episode VII is slated to hit theaters on December 18th, 2015.

 

posting this since i think theres a handful of SW fans in the forum, also it seems they want to go with the original style, but with something new on it, still looking forward to it, really liked the star trek reboot so far

[Jobobee]

Hmmmmm. Let's hope that Disney doesn't ruin the damn thing!! I'm a huge SW fan, I got started on it young because my uncle was in the crew for ESB, and so he made me watch it .
Isn't Harrison Ford a bit old to be Han?? 

[AlexGoesHigh]

Hmmmmm. Let's hope that Disney doesn't ruin the damn thing!! I'm a huge SW fan, I got started on it young because my uncle was in the crew for ESB, and so he made me watch it .

Isn't Harrison Ford a bit old to be Han?? 

the setting seems to be the same amount of years after the end of ep 6 

[Jobobee]

the setting seems to be the same amount of years after the end of ep 6 

You mean real life years?

[AMICLG]

So it's going to be a movie with actors mostly out of their prime, cool...

[AlexGoesHigh]

You mean real life years?

yes, like 30 something years past ep 6 ending

[n0ah1897]

This sounds like it might actually be pretty decent. I'm definitely excited to see what happens.