# Star Wars Episode VII anticipation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936 "2013-08-23T02:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/81 "2014-03-20T00:10:36Z")
I’m looking forward to seeing Jedi Master Skywalker. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/82 "2014-04-29T22:23:30Z")
> [@AtomicDog](#): > > I’m looking forward to seeing Jedi Master Skywalker. And you will get to. [Here is a high resolution photo of the announced cast, for those who want to see the details.](http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/SW7_BHTS-376a-11.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/83 "2014-04-30T08:42:57Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > I’m with Stranger on this one. To hopefully recreate any sense of wonder while trying to emulate the original, (to satisfy original fans), is to have a startlingly original brand new story with original characters. Don’t even include R2-D2 or C-3PO. What made the original so memorable, even as an adult, was the allusion to to Star Wars legends many years past. I completely agree with this. The more I hear about Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill’s involvement, the less interested I am ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/84 "2014-04-30T20:08:53Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Why do we need to see Hamill and Fisher again? Is there anyone out there saying “Star Wars sucks. Oh, Fisher is in it?? I’m there!” > > Does the audience really need to see aged actors in the same roles? It’s the characters we care about, who cares if we see the actors again? I’m totally okay with the new Star Trek actors. I didn’t really even need to see Nimoy in it to sell me on the reboot. I’m marginally less interested in “The Further Adventures of Luke Skywalker” than I am in “What Happens Forty Years After _Jedi_?” I wouldn’t mind a young actor as a recast Luke, running around fighting the Empire. I’d definitely buy tickets to that movie. But a movie focusing on new characters in the same setting offers a slightly higher chance that the new film won’t just be retreading the same ground as the last six. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/85 "2014-04-30T20:52:04Z")
I was more excited about the new movies when I thought the original cast were just going to have small roles. If they are really the leads, Im a bit more worried about the finished product. IMHO, one of the worst parts of I through III was the insistence on returning to damn near every character and place and throwaway line from the originals. Are we going to see Tatooine and Coruscant yet again? It’s a whole freaking galaxy, show us something new. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/86 "2014-04-30T22:07:52Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > I was more excited about the new movies when I thought the original cast were just going to have small roles. If they are really the leads, Im a bit more worried about the finished product. Erm. Do we have some reason to think that? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/87 "2014-04-30T22:16:52Z")
I’m going to guess that the original cast will have some significance in this movie but that they will fade away/get killed off in the inevitable sequels. This is too much of a high-profile project to let it rest completely on unknowns (I’ve never heard of any of these newbies), so Harrison and the other oldtimers have to pick up the slack a bit. I’m dying to see what the general public thinks of Mark Hamill. I mean, we here at least know that he is a prolific and super-talented voice actor, but most people think he fell off the face of the Earth in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/88 "2014-04-30T22:40:29Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Erm. Do we have some reason to think that? A few months ago, when the screenplay switcheroo occurred, it was widely reported that the new version was focused on the original characters. The next two will focus on the new guys. But it is all rumor at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/89 "2014-05-01T13:06:14Z")
Whatever. I’m pysched. Really looking forward to these movies; hope they’re worth the wait! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/90 "2014-05-01T13:11:54Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > his films will endure and continue to be aped by lesser talents. **This film has been aped by the Apist!** ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/91 "2014-05-01T19:09:06Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Erm. Do we have some reason to think that? Yep. It’s called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/92 "2014-05-17T04:28:02Z")
An _Entertainment Weekly_ photogallery of the new cast: ['Star Wars VII': Meet the Cast! | EW.com](http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20566981_20812103,00.html?hpt=hp_t3#30146431) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/93 "2014-05-18T11:07:33Z")
Shot of Pinewood studios exterior, and a clapboard: Spoiler: They use a N6 filter in a shot > **[Star Wars Episode VII has begun shooting and there's photographic evidence!](http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/67342)** > > This will be a day long remembered. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/94 "2014-05-18T16:18:04Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Shot of Pinewood studios exterior, and a clapboard: > > Spoiler: They use a N6 filter in a shot > [Star Wars Episode VII has begun shooting and there's photographic evidence!](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/67342) > > Brian I love that they put a sign outside so folks would know it is filming in there. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/95 "2014-05-18T17:53:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > JJ Abrams is definitely a step up from George Lucas. > > It’s just not that much of a step, is my concern. Haha, that puts it _exactly_. I think his Star Trek movies were awful. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/96 "2014-05-21T00:52:25Z")
J.J. wrote an open note to the cast and crew: [J.J. Abrams Apparently Wrote This Note To The 'Star Wars' Crew | HuffPost Entertainment](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/jj-abrams-star-wars-note_n_5353758.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/97 "2014-06-24T01:47:20Z")
[Rumors are flying that Harrison Ford’s broken leg may delay the movie until May 2016.](http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/32670/-star-wars-ep-vii-delay-rumors-arise) ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/98 "2014-06-24T11:05:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Rumors are flying that Harrison Ford’s broken leg may delay the movie until May 2016.](http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/32670/-star-wars-ep-vii-delay-rumors-arise) Let’s hope. Star Wars should always come out in May. Just like James Bond should always come out in November. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/99 "2014-06-24T14:55:17Z")
Since Disney isn’t releasing any specifics on what happened to Ford, I guess it’s up to us to start our own rumors. Did the Wookie lose at chess? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/100 "2014-06-24T15:59:24Z")
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