First it started with a story about the film's villains that ran earlier this week on fan site MakingStarWars. The site claimed the villains are being dubbed 'Jedi Hunters' who have been around for a long time, and who worshiped the Sith At one time they were even tasked with protecting them.
After the Sith were destroyed, they began to emerge from the shadows and so Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) has spent much of the past thirty years trying to stop them from achieving their goal - resurrecting the Sith - which they will likely do at some point in the new trilogy.
TheForce.Net then refuted that story, saying it is "completely wrong. Nothing in the report is accurate" but not citing their source.
The report also indicated that actor David Oyelowo will be a part of the cast and potentially playing a live-action version of the same role he plays in the upcoming "Star Wars Rebels" animated TV series which they think is the Imperial Inquisitor.
TheForce.Net pointed out that a recent clip from the show confirms Oyelowo is playing an Imperial agent named Kallus in the series, NOT The Inquisitor. We don't know for sure if Oyelowo appears in "Episode VII" or not.
Then Just Today Latino Review reports that yes there are a group of villains vaguely aligned for the same purpose, but they're not being called "Jedi Hunters".
They added that some of the report is accurate, specifically that we'll see black and chrome Storm Troopers in the film. There's also reportedly been "shoots on a Star Destroyer set", and a lot of the new design work for the new trilogy has used original (and often discarded) concept art by the late great Ralph McQuarrie.
Fellow Original Trilogy stars Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Peter Mayhew playing the legendary Wookiee Chewbacca, and Kenny Baker as Astro droid R2 D2 will be back as well.
Franchise creator George Lucas told Bloomberg Businessweek that he begun talks with original stars to have them return to for its new films -- before he had even begun the process of the ultimately $2 billion deal and sale. It's been said that Lucas' actually spent about a year planning the franchise's future before handing the reigns of Lucasfilm over to Disney.
The new cast members also include John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow as a villain character. 12 Years a Slave Best Supporting Actress Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones co-star Gwendoline Christie have officially been cast in the film as well.
Disney/Lucasfilm haven't revealed any character details at all however, so which of the newcomers is playing which roles is all speculation at this point.
Abrams wrote the script with Lawrence Kasdan for the film. Oscar winner Michael Arndt ("Toy Story 3," "Little Miss Sunshine") vacated his job scripting the next film--after disagreements over which characters the film will focus on.
Kasdan ("The Empire Strikes Back," "Raiders of the Lost Ark") and Simon Kinberg ("Sherlock Holmes," "X-Men: Days of Future Past") have reportedly closed deals to pen the final two installments of the new "Star Wars" trilogy. Kasdan and Kinberg are also indeed writing the stand alone/origin Star Wars features. Company CEO Robert A. Iger recently revealed that the studio has three features in the works - not two as previously indicated. "Godzilla" reboot director Gareth Edwards is going to direct the first of the upcoming Star Wars Spin-Off Films. "Fantastic Four" reboot and "Chronicle" director Josh Trank is officially set to direct the as yet Untitled Number 2 stand alone spin-off film.
The plan is to have each of these films come out in the years when we don't see a new episode of the saga - They would come out in 2016, 2018 and 2020. We still don't know which characters these spin-offs will focus on. Current franchise chief, Kathleen Kennedy spoke to Yahoo about the stand-alone films saying that they will NOT affect the main narrative of the Episodes.
James Earl Jones, the man behind the voice of Star Wars villain Darth Vader was asked by Variety recently about the possibility of playing the character in more films, perhaps one of the Spin-Off Films for example set before"Return of the Jedi". He said: "Oh no. I've got no illusions that I will or even hankerings to be in them, but I'm very proud to have been part of the original."
The series MVP composer John Williams is set to score Episode VII, Episode VIII and Episode IX.
Kasdan and Kinberg would also join the projects as producers with Kennedy.
Production will take place through September at Pinewood Studio in England.
The film has a confirmed release date of December 18, 2015
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