The Official Star Wars Episode VII Thread

[Philaflava]

The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Director J.J. Abrams says, "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."

Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.

[Spartan]

Max von Sydow being in this is great news.

:fingers crossed:

[Truth.]

Pretty cool cast

Not familiar with some of them, Oscar Isaac is awesome though

Thumbs up to bringing the originals back

[Philaflava]

Driver looks like a villain. Good call.

[Hayzoos]

Fuck yes

[drizzle]

conspicuously placed rjd2 is conspicuous

[Truth.]

[SuperFeen]

Calling it now Andy Serkis is mo-capping for r2d2

[The Rapping Coffin]

Calling it now Andy Serkis is mo-capping for r2d2

JAR JAR BINKS

the plot of the movie is that elderly Han Solo is a super grumpy retired dude and elderly Jar Jar Binks moves in next door and they get into Matthau/Lemon comedic situations

[Gregg Popabitch]

I think it's dope as hell that John Boyega is in this.

[drizzle]

I think it's dope as hell that John Boyega is in this.

yea and he's one of the leads too

I actually kinda like Driver as a villain here too, dude comes prefolded into Lena Dunham gunt but outside of this he seems like a good actor

[Cash Rulz]

All I want is an Ahsoka sighting and I will be quite happy.

[The Afronaut]

Calling it now Andy Serkis is mo-capping for r2d2

JAR JAR BINKS

the plot of the movie is that elderly Han Solo is a super grumpy retired dude and elderly Jar Jar Binks moves in next door and they get into Matthau/Lemon comedic situations

[Tommy Bunz]

Calling it now Andy Serkis is mo-capping for r2d2

JAR JAR BINKS

the plot of the movie is that elderly Han Solo is a super grumpy retired dude and elderly Jar Jar Binks moves in next door and they get into Matthau/Lemon comedic situations

Would rather watch this than any of the prequels actually

[Gregg Popabitch]

I think it's dope as hell that John Boyega is in this.

yea and he's one of the leads too

I actually kinda like Driver as a villain here too, dude comes prefolded into Lena Dunham gunt but outside of this he seems like a good actor

Yeah, i actually don't understand the Driver hate. I feel like all of the hate is just based on the fact that he's on "Girls". Fanboys are stupid.

[alpha]

No need to start a thread, but who's watched them in machete order? If you haven't heard of it, google "Star Wars machete order" and the first hit should clear it up. I really have no plans this weekend so I may give it a try

[Req]

No need to start a thread, but who's watched them in machete order? If you haven't heard of it, google "Star Wars machete order" and the first hit should clear it up. I really have no plans this weekend so I may give it a try

Darth Maul is one of the best things about the prequels, smh@removing him completely.

[alpha]

Csb. He doesn't do enough to warrant putting up with jar jar binks

[seagrams hotsauce]

He's completely one-note and not remotely memorable besides the lightsaber and the makeup. One of the best designed bad guys of the prequels, sure, but not remotely interesting and he goes out like a complete bitch.

Might give the Machete order thing a shot too. I've been meaning to rewatch the OG trilogy and I could tolerate ep II/III again.

[battlecatmeowstab212]

Never saw Episodes 2/3. Worth seeing?

[ackbar]

adam driver & john boyega are both dope

[alpha]

Yeah 2/3 are def worth seeing. I'd say 3 is better than 6. But neither are better than 5

[907]

I'm looking forward to this, but it's going to be weird as fuck to see an old ass Han Solo chilling with Chewie, not to mention Luke and Leia.

[Spartan]

Machete Order doesn't work. By omitting The Phantom Menace you're creating more loose ends such as references to Qui-Gon Jinn and the immaculate conception.

Besides, you would also lose the set up to the greatest running gag in the entire Star Wars franchise: How annoying clown Jar Jar Binks entered politics, whose vote kicked off The Clone Wars and subsequently led to the formation of the Empire.

Billions dead because of the Gungan equivalent of Mindbender.

[ChaMerZ]

I think it's dope as hell that John Boyega is in this.

yea and he's one of the leads too

Is he really? also, i haven't really been following up on how production is going. will the story for episode vii follow closely the story that's already been laid out in the myriad star wars books that have gotten published?

[Cash Rulz]

No need to start a thread, but who's watched them in machete order? If you haven't heard of it, google "Star Wars machete order" and the first hit should clear it up. I really have no plans this weekend so I may give it a try

Darth Maul is one of the best things about the prequels, smh@removing him completely.

Clone Wars are better than all the movies combined. You'll get your Maul fix there.

[drizzle]

i wonder if old ass chewie is gonna have that same coat discoloration/grayness that you see in old dogs

old ass chewie lookin ashy as hell and arthritic, just spending his days napping on the sun deck of the falcon.... .

[darkwingduck]

chewie with a severe case of glaucoma

[Tommy Bunz]

I think it's dope as hell that John Boyega is in this.

yea and he's one of the leads too

Is he really? also, i haven't really been following up on how production is going. will the story for episode vii follow closely the story that's already been laid out in the myriad star wars books that have gotten published?

Only the movies are considered cannon. The next three movies aren't necessarily going to follow the books.

[Cash Rulz]

So no chance of these movies being about Han and Leia's kids?