those stories were never accepted by Lucas as part of the star wars canon but remains expanded. even the first clone wars series created by Tartakovsky are not canon. glad pain-in-the-ass Lucas has left the building.

when I look at Super 8 I think Abrams did a good job bring the viewer the same feeling as Spielberg did in the 80's. so I do think Abrams can make something out of star wars to really look forward to..

also the stand alone movies of Solo and Fett is a good thing IMO

George Lucas Reveals He Signed Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher for Star Wars: Episode VII
7 March 2013



The rumors started almost as soon as it had been announced that Disney had bought Lucasfilm and would release Star Wars Episode VII in 2015. Even before we knew anything about the new movie, the consensus from Star Wars fandom at large seemed to be that Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher obviously needed to star in it.

In the months that followed, each member of the trinity teased some level of involvement in the project; Hamill mentioned to Entertainment Tonight that the actors hadn’t signed contracts but were “in the stage where they want us to go in and meet with Michael Arndt, who is the writer, and Kathleen Kennedy, who is going to run Lucasfilm.” Earlier this week, Fisher told Palm Beach Illustrated point blank that she would return for the latest installment, an admission quickly followed by a statement from her publicist that of course she was joking. (Ford, meanwhile, has been more circumspect, using anonymous third parties to signal his openness to the idea.)

Now, however, George Lucas has let it slip that he signed all three actors for the next movie, if not more beyond that. In a Bloomberg Businessweek story about Disney’s buyout of Lucasfilm, the Star Wars creator reveals that Lucasfilm “had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison — or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation [when the Disney deal came about]. So I called them to say, ‘Look, this is what’s going on.’”

Lucas seemed to immediately realize what he had said and attempted to backtrack from the admission, saying “Maybe I’m not supposed to say that. I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do, but we were negotiating with them,” and adding, “I won’t say whether the negotiations were successful or not.” Don’t worry, George. I think that saying that you “had already signed” the actors pretty much says it all.

Still, Disney — and director J.J. Abrams — are the ones at the helm of Star Wars now, and they have yet to confirm the casting. So when will we hear the original word on the return of the classic Star Wars trio? And should we expect more familiar faces from the original trilogy when Episode VII debuts in 2015?

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/ ... isode-vii/

this is sick. I hope leia turns to the dark side, han dies trying to save her, and luke loses some fucking weight.

I think it will fit perfectly but only if they don't have a major role in it. I remember seeing the young Indiana jones chronicles and in one episode our man Harrison Ford was present as Jones but only to tell a story (screen time maybe 2 minutes)

I don't think we are going to see Luke run around in his white pyama's

im really getting impatient waiting for an actual confirmation of whos in this thing, i am a star wars geek, but only for the movies, and internet stuff

really cant be fucked starting to read one of the MANY expanded universe books just to have my dreams crushed by the new canon movies.

yeah and the release date is still 2015, 2 years from now while the last episodes takes 3,5 years to complete.

I never have read any of the non-canon stuff, don't know what they are about. Just saw the new trailer for the new Star Trek movie and i trust Abrams to come up with a decent Star Wars movie..

there was 3 years between 1 and 2, and 2 and 3

nothing much in the news..

anyone going to the star wars euro celebration in Germany this summer?

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/62268

hamill, fisher and ford are on board, confirmed by their own words. I expect Harrison ford will confirm soon enough, I suspect once he has the $$ he wants.

now time to speculate about plot details and other characters.

if he holds his lightsaber like he holds his mic in this pic he will not stand against his new antagonist

Costume Designer Michael Kaplan Confirmed for Star Wars: Episode VII

Kaplan has previously worked with Abrams on both Star Trek flms and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. His impressive resume extends even further as Kaplan designed the costumes for cult classics Fight Club and Blade Runner.

source: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=104651

Not big news but at least it's something..

John whateverhislastnameis might be coming back for the score as well. He's probably the only one who wont completely butcher the theme track.

john williams