Adam Driver to Play the Villain in Star Wars: Episode 7? Filming Starts in April.

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According to Variety the actor from “Girls” is close to signing on to play the villain in Star Wars: Episode 7. Also according to the same source filming is scheduled to begin in April at Pinewood Studios, London…

From Variety:

Exact details are unknown, but the character is said to be in the vein of iconic “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader.

Driver, 30, is the first cast member to be revealed for Walt Disney Studios and LucasFilm’s highly-anticipated “Star Wars” installment, which will open in theaters on Dec. 18, 2015.

The big-budget tentpole, directed by J.J. Abrams, is scheduled to shoot at London’s Pinewood Studios in April. Additional cast members will likely be announced in the next month.

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Driver’s name had been rumored during the casting process, but in recent weeks, the Indiana native has become Disney and LucasFilms’ top choice to play the main villain.

The delay in making a decision was due to scheduling issues with “Star Wars” and his HBO show “Girls.” Sources say it’s not just Season 4 that was the hangup, but also future seasons, since future “Star Wars” installments could also coincide with upcoming seasons of the HBO Lena Dunham comedy.

Sources are now telling Variety that scheduling issues have been resolved and that a deal should be finalized in the coming days.
Disney was also rumored to be looking at Michael Fassbender and Hugo Weaving for the villain role.

The studio had no comment on the cast.


Actually the story about Driver, Fassbender and Weaving was first mentioned by THR few weeks ago ,so the story has to be considered much credible then the other rumors we’ve heard so far.

If you’re not familiar with the actor here’s a recent interview with him:


And here’s Adam Driver singing. 🙂

The big question for me is, when exactly filming will start. April, as this story suggests or May, as the previous ones suggested. Whenever they start I believe the casting announcements will happen in the last minute.

Another interesting thing is that he is very young. And if you have a young villain then the main heroes also have to be young… 🙂

And an interesting reaction from Jeff Sneider:

Is the Star Wars rumor true? YES, and it was true MONTHS ago when Disney/LucasFilm denied it along with every other “rumor.”
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) February 26, 2014

If you were to take Disney’s word for it, there would be no actual actors in STAR WARS: EPISODE VII. Just a bunch of rumors…
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) February 26, 2014

One of the funniest things I’ve heard in this job: Disney told me I’d read all casting news on http://t.co/GglhOVRU6N. DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) February 26, 2014

DISNEY on DRIVER in NOVEMBER: “We’re not going to comment on every whisper or rumor that comes in, but I wouldn’t go with that information.”
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) February 26, 2014

And a funny comparison 🙂

Adam Driver = Han Solo from the Star Wars Holiday Special’s Faithful Wookie segment pic.twitter.com/fKOZgBzMK0
— Ali Arikan (@aliarikan) February 26, 2014

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134 thoughts on “Adam Driver to Play the Villain in Star Wars: Episode 7? Filming Starts in April.

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:12 pm
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    Jacen, is that you? Please no… you know what that means…

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:20 pm
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      It sure seems like it!
      I have no problem with that as long as they… well make it better than the books

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:25 pm
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      Not all of the books were bad, and I liked the general concept and character of Lumiya, but being able to improve on it would be great

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:29 pm
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      No, I totally agree. The series in a sense was good and interesting. It’s just the way some critical events that took place were not well described and some inconsistencies also. Let’s not debate about this and just wait and see!

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:33 pm
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      I didn’t like his fall to the darkside. I didn’t believe it. I will say it was 4 million (yes million) times better than Anakin’s.

      I’m still hoping the books aren’t used…
      I’m not super against them… just not a huge fan.

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:39 pm
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      JS’s fall to the dark side was better than Anakin S? Is that what you are saying? hm, debatable.

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:46 pm
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      Anakin just kind of abruptly went from asshole to evil asshole. Jason was actually shown as good and he thought he was doing good during his fall instead of just “Ok I’ll kill the jedi…..” But I mainly just enjoy the Aing Tii I guess.

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:54 pm
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      No I understand. I thought he was referring to Anakin Solo lol.
      Anyway, there are many philosophical reasons on why he did it and yes it is almost convincing and even on his dark path, we feel some empathy for him. Also knowing his conflicted past…

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:07 pm
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      Yeah I was comparing him to Anakin. As I felt Anakin’s fall was a joke at best. I wasn’t a big fan of Jacen’s either but it much better IMO.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:12 pm
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      I agree. No reason behind it whereas JS had a real context behind it and circumstances, a conflicted past, etc.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:36 pm
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      Of course, that whole Second Civil War thing was copy-pasted from the prequels, and Jacen getting away with things depended on everyone being too stupid to confront him earlier.

      Even assuming they follow that route, the villain IN THE FIRST MOVIE won’t be him, obviously.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:56 pm
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      I guess I can see him as a legitimate villian…

      … after I stop laughing at his big nose.

    • February 26, 2014 at 11:33 pm
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      yeah because villains never have big noses do they..
      And noses are hysterical. Comedy gold.

    • February 26, 2014 at 11:55 pm
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      First we get potato-face guy as Luke Skywalker’s son. Now this large-nosed guy?

      At least they’re not going to the typical good-looking type of young man. Bravo disney for branching out. Now if you can only do the same thing for female cast members.

    • February 27, 2014 at 12:01 am
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      Hey guys? Why are you complaining about how abrupt Anakin’s three-movie fall to the dark side was? I find the Original Trilogy more questionable, especially when Palpatine says with a smiling grin: “yes, yes, your change to evil is now complete” (paraphrase) after ONE little emotional outburst when Luke cut off Vader’s hand. Talk about black-and-white good vs. evil and abrupt change.

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:26 am
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      You don’t understand the end of Return of the Jedi at all… And yes, the OT was very morally black and white, that’s pretty much what Lucas was going for, a simplistic hero story and a coming of age. It’s all that it needs to be and nothing more and nothing less, that’s why it’s survived so long, a timeless tale of good vs. evil with a unique world full of detail.

    • February 27, 2014 at 7:43 am
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      im with Forever. I hated the way Anakin become DV, the actual moment was horrible, one sec he’s there to arrest him the next (along with prob the worst bit of acting (or directing take your pick) he’s givin in to the dark side. and basically the whole PS story was a total waste of time. It was much better to imagine how DV and the clone wars happened rather than seeing a total balls up

    • February 27, 2014 at 4:08 pm
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      Maybe he is playing Mara Jade, Bahahaha. Enough with this EU crap.

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:13 pm
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    Time is ticking down to the point where we’ll actually be getting officially released info instead of just rumors….

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:15 pm
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      If they plan on starting filming in May this year, shouldn’t they have most of the story now? … huh, can’t wait

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:22 pm
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      Didn’t you read the article? Apparently they plan to start in April..

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:24 pm
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      April or May this year is the same… well in this case, it’s even better

    • February 26, 2014 at 11:41 pm
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    • February 27, 2014 at 12:02 am
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      Remember people, this is still a rumor. For all we know filming will start in June.

    • February 27, 2014 at 12:31 am
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      Why is April and June being discussed here, over the fact that JJ has said himself that it starts in May..

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:15 pm
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    I have no problem with this actor and enjoyed him a lot in Inside Llewyn Davis. What stuck out the most to me about this was the inclusion of “in the vein of…Darth Vader.” What is that meant to convey, if anything? Was it just an off the cuff remark and not well though out or was it meant to clue us in that he has a familial connection to the protagonists, is a Sith lord, chooses to or has to wear a mask? I don’t like the show “GIRLS” but his performance stood out to me in the few episodes I watched. He’s got the chops so I hope they give him a great character to portray.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:38 pm
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      To help you understand, there is something called “The Dragon”, the enforcer and symbol for the true mastermind. That’s what that means.

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:16 pm
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    Haven’t seen him in anything before is he a good actor ?

    • February 27, 2014 at 6:23 pm
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      I have seen him in a couple of girls episodes, Lincoln and inside llewyn. He has a strong voice and he is not a big star. I think it’s a good choice

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:20 pm
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    No just no, he is not the epic bad guy i envision for this new series, get a guy who can rival Vader and maul in badassness

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:26 pm
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      Vader okay but Maul… I don’t know. In any ways… it looks like there will be some official news very soon! (I wish we could see some Yuuzhan Vongs but I guess it won’t happen :'( )

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:07 pm
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      I almost choked on air when you said Maul. haha, maul was about as interesting as a napkin

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:49 pm
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      maul and vader are fan favorites… notice how i said vader first, then maul,. shows the order of badassness

      everyone is entitled to their own opinions anyways

    • February 26, 2014 at 11:34 pm
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      Justin Bieber is a fan favourite..

    • February 27, 2014 at 12:05 am
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      Darth Maul WAS a badass. You Original Trilogy nutcases should realize that not everything in the prequel trilogy was inferior. sheesh.

    • February 27, 2014 at 12:36 am
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      Yeah dearth maul was so badass! I especially like his line where he said. .. um, wait give me a minute. OK he didn’t say anything badass. Oh but he had a lightsaber!.. Oh wait no sith and jedi have lightsabers. Oh but he wore really cool black clothes! Oh wait no. Practically all sith wear black clothes. Oh but he had horns and red and black face! Oh but that’s just the aesthetics of his species and nothing to do with the actual character or personality of darth maul.. hmm..

    • February 27, 2014 at 12:40 am
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      Just because people see a flaw, doesn’t mean they are a nutcase. Dear prequel fans, stop branding the OT FANS as the nutcases just because they don’t share your opinion about the prequels. Being a fan of something means admitting when a song/film/book/whataver is not as good as you think something else is. Calling someone a nutcase because they say their opinion, and it is different to yours is just childish and pathetic, and ironically shows that you are a ‘nutcase’.

    • February 27, 2014 at 2:35 am
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      Dear Prequel Haters,

      Do not expect every film to be a classic. The Classic Trilogy has provided the character aspect and space opera aura of the Star Wars series, but had an antagonist with an awful objective (why build a death star when the whole galaxy already uproars in trepidation by the mere sight of the Emperor?) whereas the Prequels had horrid character aspects, an awful portrayal of space opera (excluding Revenge), but an antagonist with a plausible objective (maneuver both sides of the war to reign myself as an emperor).

      And on a sidenote, we all know that there cannot be any science fiction film that can put the Star Wars Classic Trilogy to shame; criticize the Prequels by their mere authenticity, not by comparing them to the Classic Trilogy.

    • February 27, 2014 at 3:18 am
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      I criticize the prequels as simply being bad regardless of any Star Wars connection. Seriously they are bad all by themselves. Are they completely without merit? No.

      Do they waste a ton of time on details that don’t matter and constantly contradict themselves? Yes.

      It’s fine to enjoy them as dumb popcorn movies but that’s all they will ever be to me. Watch cool space explosions! Go elsewhere for story.

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:25 pm
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    He looks like a good Solo/Skywalker cross.
    Maybe a twin who goes dark side?

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:38 pm
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      Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus turned to the dark side in a way. He took the name of a sith and followed the path of the sith from a certain point of view. All he really wanted was peace and unity in the galaxy. He was born into war, raised in war, and experienced war throughout his grown up life. When he realised his family didn’t approve of his drastical meassures and sacrifices to achieve peace, he was left alone.

      Jacen/Caedus is a complex character and I love him for that. He is hunted by the past of his family (Darth Vader) and his life in general is a sad story. Really deserves a trilogy or two!

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:04 pm
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      A very conflicted past. Tortured as well.
      Arguably the most powerful Jedi of his time…

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:40 pm
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      Sure. The villain in the first movie will be the brother. Not an officer of a hostile faction, or anything.

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:36 pm
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    Overall this kid can act. I think he call pull off dark and twisted brilliant. As a physical force? Less so but mentally he could be quite menacing. I wouldn’t be upset at all if this turns out true.

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:36 pm
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      *Can pull off*
      Wish I could edit lol.

    • February 26, 2014 at 9:50 pm
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      “wish I could edit”
      I know, it’s really irritating. It’s possible to edit your comment with other comments systems but the anonymous function will be gone. I’m still considering the possibilities.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:04 pm
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      Viral, I this official? Will driver be in it for sure or is this a rumor I’m confused.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:04 pm
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      *is*

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:05 pm
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      Oh hey don’t take it to heart. I’ve been posting here since the beginning. I still love this site. I just hate typos lol.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:05 pm
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      i think the best comment system is http://disqus.com/websites/
      you can like comments, u can comment as a guest, kinda like anonymous, and many cool features, i see it on so many different sites, here is a site that it is used on that is similar to this one in its layout psvitahub.com

    • February 27, 2014 at 9:57 am
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      @ Anon at 10:04

      While a deal has not yet been made, I believe that it was Disney/Lucasfilm themselves who told Variety to reveal the story. All 3 sites (The Wrap, THR and Variety) were standing on this rumor for months. Looks like it’s more than a rumor now. But still until an official word is not released from Disney/Lucasfilm it still remains a rumor. 🙂

    • February 27, 2014 at 10:06 am
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      @dandino

      Yes I’m thinking about Disqus. Unfortunately you still need to type in a mail to comment as a guest which is not very well received by the posters. But still while cool the anonymous option most of the time leads to insults and vulgar language. Probably it’s better without it.

    • February 27, 2014 at 4:31 pm
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      I think removing anon would be good too. It’s gotten rather bad on the last few updates.

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:43 pm
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    I had heard John Noble was going to be the villain..also that McDiarmid will be back..

    • February 26, 2014 at 11:51 pm
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      I also heard Jennifer Lawrence is playing a young Han Solo, so nothing is written in stone.

    • February 27, 2014 at 12:07 am
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      Me too. By the way, Forever_, I love your picture icon. Wish that character will make it into VII.

  • February 26, 2014 at 9:57 pm
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    Just read a Lena Dunham tweet, who is co-star with Driver, congratulating him on getting the part.

  • February 26, 2014 at 10:06 pm
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    I don’t think Driver will be Jason. Oh, first off, I’m down with the casting choice. Guys getting a lot of praise for his work. Anyway, I doubt they’d have the son of Han and Leia turn in the first film. And according to LatinoReview, which I question sometimes, Weaving(who looks got the part over Fassbender.) is still a villain and is an Imperial who was at Endor.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:12 pm
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      There can be multiple villains, and I wouldn’t count Driver out as Jacen or a similar character. But Latinoreview definitely isn’t the most credible source

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:14 pm
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      Damn.. Probably not Thrawn Hugo will be protraying then..

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:18 pm
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      Now that you mention it… they are prob going to create a main villain for the Ep7 but it won’t be the main villain of the trilogy… interesting point.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:18 pm
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      Damn? Him not portraying Thrawn is a good thing. But a rouge Moff or an admiral that saw the destruction of the Death Star II and still longs for revenge would be pretty cool

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:26 pm
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      There can be more than one actor in a film you know. Adam could be a sith lord, Gary oldman could be the master, Hugo could be some imperial general, benedict could be a bounty hunter. Who knows.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:28 pm
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      Even though him playing just a moff or some Grand Admiral isn’t a bad thing, him playing Thrawn would be pretty rad. Plus with Thrawn being the anti-Vader villain that he is, a simple man who’s smarter then everyone else, it could make this Imperial a great adversary. Espeically one the older cast like Han, Lando, and Leia could deal with.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:41 pm
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      If Thrawn is in it, he would be the Palpatine to Vader’s Vader. So someone else would be the mastermind if this turns out.

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:35 pm
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      Come on! Thrawn died like 10 years before this episode (considering it’s indeed 30 years after the other movies). Can’t be him. Even though he is such as good bad character.

    • February 27, 2014 at 4:17 pm
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      I find your lack of knowledge.. Disturbing… It’d be closer to 20 years

    • February 27, 2014 at 4:29 pm
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      My point was that he wouldn’t in the movie regardless… 15, 17 or 18 years and 2 months will just confirm that…

  • February 26, 2014 at 10:13 pm
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    bad casting decision no. 1. let’s hope there’s not a no. 2.

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:29 pm
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      why bad?

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:43 pm
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      The Dragon trope is a staple of Star Wars media. You need someone scary for people to fight, with a corrupter pulling the strings.

  • February 26, 2014 at 10:22 pm
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    For those who dont know, Variety is a very reputable site. Its very likely that we have our first known cast member

    • February 26, 2014 at 10:44 pm
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      I’d tend to agree. Certainly more reliable than any anonymous, tells-one-site-only, source.

  • February 26, 2014 at 10:50 pm
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    Feels nice getting something from a reputable source. We already had “Supershadow” before VII was announced, we don’t need a dozen of them dominating the conversation.

  • February 26, 2014 at 11:23 pm
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    What is all this Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus bollocks you keep going on about?
    I thought the expanded universe books or whatever this is taken from is to be no part of Episode 7.

    • February 26, 2014 at 11:39 pm
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      Yes but prequel and EU fanboys like to grip onto rumours and treat them as facts. So we’ll leave them to it and just humour them. Bless ’em

    • February 26, 2014 at 11:50 pm
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      Quit bashing prequel and EU fans. And portraying us as people who treat rumors as facts is laughable and stupid on your part. Proof? Read this message board. You will find that OT fanatics often jump onto every rumor (especially those about the so-called Big 3.) And at least prequel fans don’t constantly go on about their “childhoods” and how Episodes 4-6 are gospel.

    • February 27, 2014 at 12:10 am
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      “And at least prequel fans don’t constantly go on about their “childhoods”
      Lol that particularly made me laugh. Prequel fans are the only fans who talk about the childhoods of OT fans. I’m 18 and I got into star wars around 5 years ago. And I find the prequels to be drivel, and the OT to be amazing. Nothing to do with my childhood. It’s just this fictional idea from PT fans that we only like them because we supposedly grew up with them.. OT fans like myself are passionate because the OT is what I love. It’s that simple. Yet PT and EU fans seem to be the only ones sprouting stuff about “childhoods” and “it’s just cool to not like it” and blah blah blah. OT fans talk about rumours and story because of the evidence that the original cast is returning so are going to be talking about it and discuss how much truth could be in the rumours that they aren’t coming back. While EU fans keep talking about which rumoured actor is playing which random EU character they like with no evidence whatsoever.. Just sayin’..

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:16 am
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      You morons realize that EU fans are OT fans right..?

    • February 27, 2014 at 3:25 am
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      Well I think one of the big reasons people are jumping on the band wagon of Jacen and Jaina, is because one of the more reliable sources has said that Mara, Ben, Jason, and Jaina will be in the film. LFL has guys already sorting through the EU saying what stay and what will go. You can bet on the more iconic characters surviving, and the names above are some of those characters. Plus it’s already rumored that Mara will be in Rebels.

    • February 27, 2014 at 3:31 am
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      I think the rumor about rebels is false, or at least she definitely won’t appear for a while if she ever is in the show and even then only for a multi-episode sub plot.

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:37 pm
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      At least we read books and don’t bash on other people like you stupids.

  • February 26, 2014 at 11:40 pm
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    With mask like Vader i am all for him.

    • February 26, 2014 at 11:43 pm
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      That would be beyond pointless and generally stupid

    • February 27, 2014 at 7:30 am
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      That comment is beyond pointless and generally stupid. Recursion anyone? 🙂

    • February 27, 2014 at 6:30 pm
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      No.. Wow where have all the decent discussions gone on this site it’s just morons who think they’re funny..

  • February 26, 2014 at 11:41 pm
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    With all the rumors of the possible cast,where else can they go but Legacy. He is definitely no Jacen Solo though. I thought the Yuzzan Vong would have been cool, and a more appropriate way to go over three movies. No matter what happens the plot is what should be dropped then work an a opinion of the cast around that.

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:43 pm
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      Let’s pause here for a minute… I myself dreamed of the YV war to be in movies. It would be epic, like no other SW movies have ever been… So dramatic and heroic at once. But I think to picture this war (the war needs in itself 3 to 6 movies to be thorough) and with all the special effects and cast required, it would be unrealistic. We can only hope they make it afterwards if this trilogy hits the public and bring them enough money.

  • February 27, 2014 at 12:21 am
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    For main villain have to be an experienced actor personargens see how dooku and palpatine. I hope so much that this kid’s a secondary villain to maul, it is risking a lot with this kid

    • February 27, 2014 at 6:29 pm
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      Only older people can play villains to be honest. Younger people can only really pull off generic ‘badass’ rival type characters

  • February 27, 2014 at 1:18 am
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    Why are you people still talking about the stupid EU books? How many times do Disney, Lucasfilm and Abrams have to say it WILL NOT follow any of the EU crap before you people finally understand??!!!! Jesus!!!

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:48 am
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      Yeah! And Disney would never lie to keep things a secret! Oh wait, you’re a fucking idiot and we’ve had a surplus of rumors that point to the story being roughly along the same lines as something from the expanded universe. WHEN WILL WE FINALLY UNDERSTAND TO STOP MAKING SIMPLE AND OBVIOUS DEDUCTIONS!

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:45 pm
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      Understand what, we’re talking about rumors and hypothesis. Get back to bed.

  • February 27, 2014 at 1:49 am
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    episodes 1 , 2 , 3 should be done again! for the true Star Wars fans, not bor kiddies picking up figurines at burger king .

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:56 pm
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      Remember what Disney did with movies like “Song of the South” and “The Black Cauldron?” They could do it with the PT too, right?

    • February 27, 2014 at 6:27 pm
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      I’d love an episode 1,2, and 3 remake. But there’s no such thing as a ‘true’ star wars fan. There’s movie fans, and movie *fans* .. (people with bad taste)

  • February 27, 2014 at 1:53 am
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    Where’s Zac Efron and Justin Bieber and Selina Gomez?
    My sister said Episode 7 is the same musical like High School Musical?
    WHERE ARE THE DISNEY CHANEL STARS?

    Why did they cast this old horsey face with horrible voice?

    ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE US DISNEY CHANNEL FANS ANGRY???

    Reply back please,
    Thank you,
    Kaitlynn

    • February 27, 2014 at 2:23 am
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      if you’re going to troll learn how to spell selena gomez lol

      in regards to the news, i’m actually pretty excited! can’t wait until we get official word. thank you, viral hide, for creating this site and helping us keep up to date with episode 7 daily.

  • February 27, 2014 at 2:16 am
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    So, is it safe to assume that Ksenia Solo and Adam Driver will be playing Jaina and Jacen Solo? Or at least the lead siblings of this new trilogy? If so, cool.

    • February 27, 2014 at 2:28 am
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      It definitely seems like a possibility and I have to admit I like it. And I hate everything

    • February 27, 2014 at 3:21 am
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      I like the actors for the charactesr, but again I don’t think they’d turn Jason first movie. Of course it could be a misinterpretation, and Adam Driver will be the villain, but not necessarly for EP7.

    • February 27, 2014 at 3:27 am
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      That’s what I’m assuming. I hope for the sake of, well most, people they’ll deny him being a villain so it actually will be at least some what of a twist for them. That is if they are really going the way we think they are going

    • February 27, 2014 at 10:34 am
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      it´s never safe to assume anything & if he is up for the same role as Hugo Weaving were, then Adam Driver will not be playing Jacen. They would ´never have Weaving playing offspring, he is a middle aged man

  • February 27, 2014 at 6:40 am
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    Maybe the inquisitor will be frozen in carbonite in one of the last REBELS episodes. and maybe Driver will play that part. In a way that would make some sort of sens because that would be a link from REBELS to EPVII

    • February 27, 2014 at 9:51 am
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      very interesting idea, even more interesting if they do that & the inquisitor has some sort of helmet on, so we don´t know that its him until the end of the movie or even until ep.8

  • February 27, 2014 at 7:37 am
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    IMO one of the best things about SW was that you were thrown into a story, things were said but not explained which gave us wonder and mystery. This is also one thing I personally didn’t like about the PS, I didn’t want to know how DV become bad, I didn’t want to see the clone wars which like a good horror movie somethings are best left to the imagination.

  • February 27, 2014 at 8:20 am
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    I don’t know the guy, but i’ve seen his face somewhere in imdb before. To tell you the truth I am not dissapointed, he has a villain’s face and now that i watched some videos of his acting he is not bad.
    Question: I know the expanded universe has new sith after revenge of the jedi, but theoretically shouldn’t the Sith be no more since Vader brought balance to the force? And if the balance of the force lasted only 30 years then Vader accomplished nothing. That’s just a stupid theory, I want to see Sith too.

    • February 27, 2014 at 10:05 am
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      good point & i agree, there should be no more sith because of Vaders actions & at the same time fans want to see new sith. So maybe that´s why Palpatine needs to come back?, somehow cheating death, or maybe he just learned the technique of becoming a force ghost (scariest ghost ever???) 😀

      If they put on scary makeup or a mask/helmet on this guy with cool clothes, then i think he really can pull it off, he has the face for it & can make scary looks with his eyes, can´t wait to see what they will do with him if he is in it 🙂

  • February 27, 2014 at 10:25 am
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    as some has speculated here: i really hope he is NOT playing Jacen falling to the dark side, bring in a new sith, there is no surprise element in having him play Jacen becoming a villain. Let him be new bad ass sith/villain already from the beginning

    & if they are going to have Solo twins, i really hope they will NOT be named Jacen & Jaina, i REALLY don´t like those name (it sounds lika Jason & Vagina) & this guy has no resemblence with Han or Leia, he would not make a good son, i think he´d make a good new sith though.

    Also if he is up for the same part as Michael Fassbender & Hugo Weaving were, then he will most definitly NOT play Solo son turning to evil because there is no way they would ever consider Hugo Weaving playing offspring (probably teenager) to Han & Leia.

    He will probably play a new character , if he were playing Jacen or someone like him, the part would not be described as: “villain” because it would take at least one movie for solo son to be lured into the dark side & finally turn to evil & i hope they don´t go that way

    PS. i do like the EU books, but keep them out the sequels, there is nothing new or surprising or even exciting to do something that so many people already know

  • February 27, 2014 at 12:33 pm
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    He doesn’t exactly seem to have the most imposing presence in the world, but he does have an interesting look and a good voice.

    I wonder if he’s going to be “Darth Jason” (bringing the galaxy to its knees with help of his fraternity buddies “Darth Chad”, “Darth Tom” and “Darth Bob”) or if he’s a completely new character?

    • February 27, 2014 at 1:34 pm
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      you do realize thats not him singing right he’s the idiot off to the side making noises with his mouth

    • February 27, 2014 at 2:06 pm
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      I wasn’t talking about his singing voice, I was talking about his speaking voice.

      (Please don’t tell me that in the EU, Darth Jason had a tendency to burst into song! I believe that the strain of knowing that would be more than I could bear.) ;^)

  • February 27, 2014 at 1:44 pm
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    I don’t think Anakin’s fall was abrupt, if you have been following the clone wars, season five in particular, it is clear that the conflict within anakin was heightening, with Palpatine clearing the way for his new apprentice. In April, we will learn more behind Anakins fall from grace in season 6 (the lost episodes) leading up to the events of ROTS where his demise, as we know, is fully realized.

    • February 27, 2014 at 2:13 pm
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      After-the-fact cartoon retconning of the PT aside, yes… Anakin’s fall was very abrupt, and it made him look not so much like a tragic hero as like a credulous douchebag. The Jedi have been fighting the Sith ever since he hitched a ride with them as a kid on Tatooine, the Sith killed his first mentor, the Sith conned the entire galaxy into a needless civil war… and suddenly because he has some bad dreams, Anakin is going to believe that the Sith Lord who has been behind everything can solve his problems and wants to help him?

      They can make all the cool-looking cartoons they want to, it doesn’t change the fact that as a film series, the PT falls on its ass, particularly with regard to Anakin’s fall.

  • February 27, 2014 at 2:16 pm
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    Both Jedinews and Force.net have updated this rumor with imminent announcement very soon. We’ll see.

    • February 28, 2014 at 12:06 am
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      ^please elaborate, TheJDG74. What did they say?

  • February 27, 2014 at 3:40 pm
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    This certainly feels more concrete than mere rumour, and I don’t mind who the other cast members are. I just want the Big 3 confirmed. Until then, it’s more sleepless nights for me

  • February 27, 2014 at 8:55 pm
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    Creator of “Girls” (Lena Dunham) confirms that Adam Driver has been cast in EP7 via tweets.

  • February 28, 2014 at 12:09 am
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    I’m sorry for being the doubter here, and I do hope this casting rumor is true, but with that said…

    … why should we believe this rumor more than any other rumor that’s come out over the months?

  • February 28, 2014 at 12:18 am
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    Outer…. SPACE!

  • February 28, 2014 at 12:43 am
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    Go back to bed?? Im 36 years old. Listen fools. George Lucas wrote the outlines for all 3 of the new movies. Obviously you people are not big enough fans to realize that his stuff original and he doesn’t follow EU crap. The only thing he has EVER borrowed from the EU is the capital planet courasant, So yes I am calling anyone who thinks that any EU crap will show up idiots. I expect all who doubt me to apologize on Dec 18 2015. I know way more than you people. So hang on to your hope. It will be crushed!!

    • February 28, 2014 at 10:01 pm
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      I AGREE, LUCAS CONFIRMED RIGHT AFTER THE SALE TO DISNEY THIS ARE ORIGINAL STORY, NO EU CHARACTERS, BUT EVERY TIME THERE IS A CASTING RUMOR, FAN BOYS GET A WOODIE AND THINK IT’S MARA JADE, GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN OR BEN SKYWALKER. THANK GOT NONE OF THAT CRAP IS IN THE FILMS, THE BOOK WERE LAME.

    • March 1, 2014 at 3:23 am
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      So glad to see SW fans who know obvious facts. No one involved with the films cares about the EU trash. Mara Jade, Ben Skywalker, and all of those other made up names are just ridiculous. Explaining things to EU fans is like trying to talk to someone in a coma. It’s just a waste of time. Lucas borrowed a name ONCE and that’s it. He’s even been quoted as saying the EU “is nothing at all what I would have done”.

      Now theres this news about a Sith planet name change and its got all the EU fans either whining or thinking this is some clue that they are using those stupid EU storylines.

  • March 1, 2014 at 11:26 am
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    Ill bet my sack the new trilogy features “EU crap”!

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