STAR WARS: EPISODE VII — The News Strikes Back!

By Harrison Rawdin on Sunday, January 12th, 2014

J.J. Abrams, you’ve been busy. From rumored meetings to script re-writes, there’s a lot left in your wake.

So sit back and let us attempt to sift through this STAR WARS barrage!

WHO’S HE BEEN TALKING TO?

RUMORED but slightly CONFIRMED: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael B. Jordan, Jack O’Connell, Alex Pettyfer, Saoirse Ronan and Sullivan Stapleton

Oh and Landry, for those of you who didn’t watch FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, that’s Jesse Plemons.

Wouldn’t he make an excellent son of Skywalker?

Just look at him compared to an Episode IV Mark Hamill and an Episode III Hayden Christensen!

What’s confirmed is that the young hopeful is auditioning for a role that’ll be there through IX. And that there’s a long list of actors that are up for it, translation: heavy competition.

According to Heat Vision our engaged director also met with Adam Driver, Hugo Weaving and Michael Fassbender for potential spots in the sprawling saga. Get this, one of ’em is rumored to be an Imperial commander. Three guesses who.

ALL THEY NEED IS AN IDEA

Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away…

Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3) was involved. His version focused on the offspring of Luke, Leia and Han Solo. Our original heroes were relegated to supporting parts but now that J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back) took over things have changed.

HOW’S IT SHAPING UP?

Well according to sources we’re getting the reverse for the first flick. The classic characters are center stage while the young-bloods support ’em.

There’s an additional detail: George Lucas did not support this initially.

Oh, and courtesy of the folks over at the Hollywood Reporter:

The latest bit to surface this week is that Abrams and Lucasfilm are now searching for a 20-something female actress who is either of mixed race or black. The rumor is that Obi-Wan Kenobi had a daughter or granddaughter.