dex14

So now lets speculate who's playing who!

Jory

Didn't you guys hear? Lando will be played by Tommy Lee Jones.

anomynous

John Boyega's obviously playing Lando's son.




according to everybody in comments sections everywhere

mcnabb

Look who's sitting next to JJ: Harrison Ford. Abrams knows that Han Solo makes Star Wars cool, and that is why he needs to have a big role in Episode 7. Don't get me wrong, I love Luke Skywalker, but if you look at Empire Strikes Back, Han and Luke pretty much had equal time.

joe_b

Daisy Ridley demo reel:

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Me like. Ironic that they mention Star Wars in the first clip.

EDIT: Looks like her agency (I guess) already set the video to private. I suppose if your client lands a lead role in the new Star Wars movie, you don't need all of YouTube scrutinizing their bit parts on television.

Oh, well... here's another video of her singing "Moon River". The girl is multi-talented.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Bb48NAc34

bluetoast

Yeah, like others, did not expect Max Von Sydow. Damn, and Andy Serkis too, this is nice. Love that pic of everyone on the couches.

mcnabb

Didn't Lucas pretty CGI R2D2 for Episode 2 & 3? I remember him flying around and doing stuff he couldn't do in the OT. Hopefully he will be that clunky R2 unit like he was in the OT for the ST.

dex14

I heard Obi-Wan had jungle fever and it's his.

J.J. coming full circle. His going from writing Regarding Henry with Ford to directing him in Star Wars.

wishbone

"The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master."

DJariya

bringing back Han, Luke and Leia.

And damn, Max Von Sydow. I'm amazed he's still working.

How many years after Jedi is this supposed to take place?

Supermallet

30 years after Jedi

mcnabb

That picture is probably the main cast of the movie, and I'm sure they didn't have all the secondary characters there for the read-through. Maybe Lando has a secondary role, and he is only shooting for one or two days?

Or maybe JJ Abrams is still pissed that Lando sold out Han, Leia and Chewy to the bounty hunter on Cloud City, and this is his penalty!

Groucho

Rehosted cast image:

Shannon Nutt

It's a good bet that Daisy Ridley is playing Han and Leia's daughter...since she's sitting in between them during the read in the photo.

I like how JJ seems to be explaining a scene to Harrison and Harrison has that "like hell we're doing it that way" look on his face.

DarthVong

I bet the young actress between Ford and Fischer plays their daughter. The placement of the cast could be random but I think it may be significant to the characters.

Ranger

So they only added one new girl? Is Daisy Ridley British?

So Max's the new Emperor? Will Andy only voice act?

Adboy151

Thanks for posting that; definitely a Portman-like vibe going on there.

redrum

Pretty sure Serkis will be playing Jar Jar Binks son

taffer

And he's the villain

Darth Darth Binks

anomynous

I could see Domhnall Glesson being Luke's son...even though he's sitting next to Anthony Daniels

joe_b

This looks like a pretty full slate of lead and supporting actors for a Star Wars movie, but you may be right. If Ridley is playing the Solo daughter (from her appearance, very likely) than who the hell were Lupita N'yongo and Maisie Richadson-Sellers being considered for? The trades described it as a lead role. Unless the part was unisex and they cast one of the dudes instead. Boyega, maybe?

I guess the open auditions that were held last fall proved fruitless... or (as many suspected) were just a publicity stunt. Daisy is the only actor in the annoucement who has not been seen in a lead role yet, but she's been acting professionally for over a year and has representation. It seems she even tweeted about the casting breakdown last June -- well before the cattle calls were announced:

Supermallet

I kind of hope Luke doesn't have his own kids. He's spent his life rebuilding the Jedi order.

Timber

At night too?

fumanstan

I'm not really blown away or surprised by the cast, more of a "oh, that's cool" for guys like Serkis or Von Sydow.

Oliver Clothesoff

Glesson looks like a younger Ewan McGregor to me. Wonder if he could be an Obi Wan bastard.