Han, Luke and Leia back for new 'Star Wars'

Han, Luke and Leia back for new 'Star Wars'

The first "Star Wars" movie blasted its approach onto screens a long time ago, during a cinema galaxy seemingly so much, far away -- but Han, Luke and Leia can be back soon.
On Tuesday, Disney announced the solid of the film entering production beneath the name "Star Wars: Episode VII", when months of frenzied speculation among the sci-fi saga's passionate fans.
Harrison Ford could no longer quite have area smuggler Han Solo's roguish smart looks, and co-star Mark Hamill will fill out Luke Skywalker's flowing Jedi knight robes a very little a lot of thoroughly than once he did.
But fans of the saga -- several of them bitterly disappointed by a series of prequels to the 3-decade-old original trilogy -- will welcome their come back which of Carrie Fisher's bold Princess Leia.
Disney, the new owner of pioneering director George Lucas' record-breaking franchise, has recruited blockbuster director J.J. Abrams to bring these fan favorites back to the screen.
His trio of stars might have aged, however he will have access to a a lot of a lot of powerful array of computerized special effects than Lucas had when he launched the series in 197seven.
And the initial cast, as well as Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker as androids C3PO and R2-D2 and Peter Mayhew because the alien "Wookie" warrior Chewbacca, will be joined by new, mainly younger talent.
John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson and Hollywood veteran Max von Sydow be a part of the team, and a few appeared during a photo released to mark the beginning of script readings.
"It is both thrilling and surreal to look at the beloved original cast and these sensible new performers return together to bring this world to life, once once more," Abrams said.
"We tend to start shooting in an exceedingly couple of weeks, and everybody is doing their best to create the fans proud," he promised.
Abrams may be a revered mainstream director who has already won plaudits for reviving a beloved area opera franchise, taking the captain's chair on the successful 2009 "Star Trek" re-boot.
However "Star Wars" is, if anything, a fair bigger challenge.
The two previous trilogies were released between 197seven-2005 and galvanized spin-off books, comics, toys, videogames and cartoons -- earning $4.four billion.
But, while the stories still have a huge well-liked audience, several purists were disappointed by the prequel trilogy, which they felt did not capture the mythic feel of the originals.