Star Wars Episode VII Cast Announced

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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.

Is Andy Serkis reprising his role as Ian Dury?

Max Von Sydow? Wow. Ming the Merciless!

Well, if nothing else, at least the score will likely be phenomenal. I still can't play The Queen's Gambit without that Lightsaber Duel music running through my head.

Oscar Issac! Sweet!

It says a lot about us that the first movie we think of for Max Von Sydow is Flash Gordon and not, say, The Seventh Seal.

Except for me. I thought of Minority Report and Strange Brew.

Heh, that's true. I guess Abrams is going for legacy Bergman actors instead of legacy Hammer actors this time out.

I'm going to go ahead and warn you, as soon as Luke/Leia/Han show up on the screen, I'm going to bawl. We've already had the others in the prequels, but seeing those folks back as those characters is going to be powerful...even if the movie isn't good.

But I think it will be...you don't get handed the keys to the Star Wars franchise- and its future- and drop the ball. You just don't.

He blew Star Trek completely out of the water (literally in the sequel) so I don't see him phoning it in here at all.

Do you think the Max Von Sydow is his attempt at an Alec Guiness-type of casting choice?

I don't want to hear anyone say, "I got a bad feeling about this" but I do really, really want to see Han Solo call Luke Skywalker, "kid" again. I would love for that to happen.

San Il Defanso wrote: It says a lot about us that the first movie we think of for Max Von Sydow is Flash Gordon and not, say, The Seventh Seal.

Except for me. I thought of Minority Report and Strange Brew.

Conan the Barbarian. "The lions ATE him!"

Green Lantern wrote:

San Il Defanso wrote: It says a lot about us that the first movie we think of for Max Von Sydow is Flash Gordon and not, say, The Seventh Seal.

Except for me. I thought of Minority Report and Strange Brew.

Conan the Barbarian. "The lions ATE him!"

Not me. I immediately thought, "Oh, Dr. Kynes from Lynch's 'Dune.'"

I feel like I should be more excited about "Star Wars VII: The Lens Flare Strikes Back" than I actually am. I'm looking forward to Avengers 2 next year way more than Star Wars, which is very weird to me, but there you go.

Cool pic of new cast reading through script

Pic is awesome. I bet Peter Mayhew already has his lines memorized.

Joebot wrote:

Green Lantern wrote:

San Il Defanso wrote: It says a lot about us that the first movie we think of for Max Von Sydow is Flash Gordon and not, say, The Seventh Seal.

Except for me. I thought of Minority Report and Strange Brew.

Conan the Barbarian. "The lions ATE him!"

Not me. I immediately thought, "Oh, Dr. Kynes from Lynch's 'Dune.'"

Ming the Merciless or GTFO. It's one of the few times I've watched a movie villain bloviating about how superior he is and how inadequate humans are and thought, "Yup, he's right." His speech as King Osric in Conan is amazing, too.

I just want a return to the grubby, gritty lived-in Star Wars universe instead of the shitty-looking CGI sheen of the prequels. I also realize this is a long shot.

And holy shit I didn't see that news about all of the EU stuff being rendered non-canon. And I was about to recommend Karen Traviss' Republic Commando series which are easily the best Star Wars novels I've read...

Will Max survive long enough to attend the premiere? He's 85 damn years old!

Black Barney wrote: He blew Star Trek completely out of the water (literally in the sequel)

After watching the train wreck Star Trek Sequel (excluding the last 20 minutes which I couldn't sit through because of the standard bad-guy-won't-die-it's--STILL ----NOT----OVER bullshit) all bets are off as far as I'm concerned. I could very easily see it getting the zoom-pow treatment with lots of space ships and laser beams. One big chase scene, some characters maybe along for the ride. With luck Kasdan has a big influence on the script.

The original three films had a folksiness to them. I don't recall Abrams doing folksy. No one is going to pound on a console to get it to light up in this coming film.

Of course it could be Lucas so I should keep my mouth shut.

S.

SebastianBludd wrote: I just want a return to the grubby, gritty lived-in Star Wars universe instead of the shitty-looking CGI sheen of the prequels. I also realize this is a long shot.

Amen to this. I couldn't care less who they cast, but I'll be excited if I hear a news report that they're scouting locations and/or building sets.


PS- Sydow, Three Days of the Condor