Rumor: Harrison Ford Back as Han Solo

The scoop comes from Latino Review’s El Mayimbe, who says it’s a done deal, and while his sources can be solid, obviously it is not official in any way.  At this point, nothing official has come out about when Episode VII takes place or who the main characters will be.  I would imagine if the movie does take place when Han Solo and Luke Skywalker are old, they will probably not be the main characters.  They might have a similar role to Yoda’s in the other six movies.  It should be interesting to see what they come up and how things develop.

J.J. Abrams will Direct Star Wars Episode VII

Never say never!  Even though J.J. Abrams recently had an interview where he claimed he wasn’t interested in directing Star Wars Episode VII, things have apparently changed.  J.J. Abrams is now in charge of both the Star Trek and Star Wars universes.  Abrams had this to say about the Star Wars films:

“As a kid I was always a fan of special effects.  Watching movies I was constantly trying to figure out how they did it, whatever the effect was. ‘Star Wars’ was the first movie that blew my mind in that way; it didn’t matter how they did any of it because it was all so overwhelmingly and entirely great.”

Samuel L. Jackson on Star Wars VII

“I’m not surprised but totally geeked by the idea of there being more ‘Star Wars’.  It’s like, okay, Obi-Wan was dead when episode four started, so maybe everyone thinks I’m dead and we’ll find out what happened to Mace Windu.”

On wanting to come back to the franchise:  “I can come back as one-armed or a one-handed Jedi that’s still around that didn’t actually die, I could do that or be a ghost hologram. I don’t care!  I just want to stay associated with the franchise. Not that I won’t, because I’ve been in three of them.”

On why he loves Star Wars:  “I just always loved it. I always loved the idea of it, that there’s this whole civilization out there somewhere else that’s just as much fun and different and diverse and wild as we are.”

Video: RoboCop and His Motorcycle

As I have said before, I am pretty disappointed in RoboCop’s design. He looks like a guy in a suit, like Batman, rather than a Cyborg. It looks like another crappy reboot no one will want to see in the making. It does have a great cast though, so we will see how it turns out.