Star Wars trio to reprise roles in Disney/Lucasfilm "Episode VII"

In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek published today, George Lucas more or less spilled the beans: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher will reprise their roles as Hans Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia in the new "Star Wars" film. All three had signed on for the forthcoming "Episode VII" project before Lucasfilm's $4 billion purchase by Disney.

"We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison — or were pretty much in the final stages of negotiation," said Lucas. "Maybe I'm not supposed to say that. I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do."

WHOAH, SPOILER, DUDE.

Fisher had confirmed her reprisal in an earlier interview.

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Umm, somebody has to play Yoda; but isn’t Ford a little tall for the part?
- http://twitter.com/incarnedine_v Dan Hibiki
  
  if anyone looks like a Muppet these days, it’s Hamill: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Mark_Hamill_2010.jpg
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    Eventually, he and William Shatner will be the same person.
  - BarBarSeven
    
    Boy, oh boy. I cannot wait for J.J. Abrams to pull this guy out of an ice cave ala Spock in the Trek reboot.
  - Preston Sturges
    
    That was my first thought.
    
    Maybe they’ll just throw up their hands and put him in moo-moo like Brando in “The Island of Dr. Moreau.”
  - Chentzilla
    
    Looking at this photo, I think they should make the 7th episode a “Married… with Children”-style comedy about Skywalker family and friends.
  - SomeGuyNamedMark
    
    Well Leia said he was a little small to be a storm trooper already.
- SomeGuyNamedMark
  
  There will be a lot of sitting around in this next movie.
  
  “Episode VII, Revenge of the Swollen Prostate”
  - BarBarSeven
    
    “You know, say what you will about the Empire, but at least you got some decent healthcare at a decent price.”
feetleet

Aeris dies.
- http://www.facebook.com/victor.jimenezmerino Víctor Jiménez Merino
  
  Thanks for the spoiler! :(
BarBarSeven

Blah. Deleted.
- http://www.facebook.com/victor.jimenezmerino Víctor Jiménez Merino
  
  Hey, the last one is actually cool (except for the space bar).
- Boundegar
  
  Luke Jr… I am your father!
  - AnthonyC
    
    Luke’s (and Mara Jade’s) son is named Ben.
    
    Though admittedly the odds of Lucas respecting Expanded Universe canon are basically 0.
- Navin_Johnson
  
  “These guys are no Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes, they don’t even play instruments! What ever happened to good music!” (New cantina scene with young aliens (Biths) doing EDM/dubstep type stuff…)
lou alcindor

Hans Solo? The famed Austrian smuggler?!
- Just_Ok
  
  he never smuggled Austrians.
  - oasisob1
    
    Perhaps it was equestrians he smuggled?
- pjcamp
  
  No, the counting horse.
  
  He’s very clever.
- KaiBeezy
  
  … and celebrity chef. He made the kesselsuppe with under 10 parsnips.
- http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan
  
  Didn’t one of his cousins knock about with Ilya Kuryakin in another galaxy?
Just_Ok

Did Han sign first?
Cowicide

I’m wondering how will Lucas “change things”?

http://i.imgur.com/2J4aKlE.jpg
Brainspore

AGENT: “Sir, at this point the possibility of successfully getting a watchable out of this franchise is approximately 3,720 to 1!”

FORD: “Never tell me the odds.”
Rhyolite

Will Episode VII be set in a nursing home?
- Brainspore
  
  http://theinfosphere.org/Near-Death_Star
- BarBarSeven
  
  Leia will be a space-M.I.L.F. AMIRITE! Seriously, I am horrified by all of this.
- http://profiles.google.com/marc.k.mielke Marc Mielke
  
  I’m thinking animated. Their voices aren’t that off.
- toyg
  
  Star Wars: A New Hospice.
  
  “I think we’re onto something here! What if Yoda trained Luke… on a phone? You could have, like, 5 bars on the phone to measure the Force. I can feel the energy, people! Let’s do this!”
  - Boundegar
    
    A Kyocera phone! Product placement!
Cowicide

Will this be Lucas’ new hairstyle for Princess Leia? Sorry, couldn’t resist doing this ‘shop…

http://i.imgur.com/dKK27Ls.jpg
http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch

How did Carrie Fisher hear Lucas’ direction through that hair?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Direction? Ahahahahaha!
  
  I guess that you never saw the films.
  - feetleet
    
    You’re right. Shorty-robe was probably Hamill’s decision.
  - niktemadur
    
    I do remember Ewan McGregor mentioning how after a scene he told Lucas – “George, I’d like to do it again, I’m not satisfied with my delivery”, but George said “It’s fine. Let’s move on”, and that was that.
    One can rationalize that Lucas was distracted, visualizing the post-production even as the actors were in front of his face, but still…
    - http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood
      
      That’s not rationalization. That’s a clear statement of the problem.
franko

wtf – no chewie, and what about anthony daniels? surely the droids are around!
- feetleet
  
  Ever just the same.
Mitchell Glaser

Do you think Luke will kiss Leia in this one?
Daneel

If they’d done this in ’99 (sadly Lucas was otherwise engaged raping our collective childhood, IIRC), they could perhaps got away with basing something on the Thrawn Trilogy. This long after the original films they’ll either only be able to appear in cameos, or this will end up being a rehash of Space Cowboys.

Why is this post tagged Star Trek? Obama joke?
- oasisob1
  
  Surely all SF movie posts will be tagged Star Trek from now on. Thanks, Mr. Prez!
- Beanolini
  
  this will end up being a rehash of Space Cowboys.
  
  I was thinking more along the lines of Galaxy Quest.
Blue Ninja

So much for the Star Wars that I used to know.
peregrinus

Han: Just … hit that button!
Luke: What does it do?
Han: It … reboots. Hit it!
Luke: I can’t reach it!
Leia: Try harder!
Luke: I can’t! I’m caught!
(Console fuses, sputters, smokes)
…
Luke: What do we do now?
toyg

Before Indiana Jones 4, I would have been excited about this. Goddammit, Ford, you used to read the frigging scripts! If you can’t be bothered, at least get Pacino’s agent!
- Brainspore
  
  Maybe he just needs the scratch. It’s not cheap to maintain and operate a private fleet of aircraft.
http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan

Fisher had confirmed her reprisal in an earlier interview.

Not to flog a dead burger or anything, but I believe this remains a matter of some dispute.
- niktemadur
  
  Ah, that was Carrie talking. This time (same day?) it’s different, read the text below the headline:
  
  George Lucas more or less spilled the beans…
  - http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan
    
    All very well I’m sure, but – to coin a phrase – that was not the point I was looking for.
http://artdonovan.typepad.com Art

Enormous potential here to kill the entire franchise. But on the bright side, maybe we’ll all finally get over Star Wars.
DevinC

http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
IronEdithKidd

BB has the best geeks on the webtubz.

<3

Yeah, this movie is gonna be full of lens-flaring suckitude.
SomeGuyNamedMark

Finally! About time we got to see Star Wars performed on rascal scooters.
- Brainspore
  
  You mean Rascal HOVER-scooters.
jimh

Well, I never thought I would beg for MORE CGI in a Star Wars sequel…
BarBarSeven

Blah. Deleted.
http://gristleoflife.wordpress.com/ Analog Kid

Please….just no more Jar Jar or Ewoks.
- Preston Sturges
  
  I’m OK with the Ewoks, just no more awful child actors.