Great news for Star Wars fans!

Great news for Star Wars Trilogy Episodes IV-VI (Blu-ray + DVD) fans!

The official Star Wars website by Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Co. just announced who some special cast members will be for the “Star Wars: Episode VII” movie that will begin filming soon.   Fans will be pleased to see original stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford!  The cast will include fresh faces, as well as a return of some of our favorites.

            
Star Trek director J.J. Abrams will lead the film’s setting to take place 30 years after 1983’s Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi   We’ll also see Peter Mayhew back as the lovable rug, Chewbacca, as well as Kenny Baker in the role of R2D2.

The talented John Williams will score the music, as he created the original trilogy’s famous themes.  I heard him speak on a radio show when he shared a story about a conversation he had with director Steven Spielberg.  Williams had just watched the raw footage of Schindler’s List to help him prepare the music for it.  He was extremely touched and said to Spielberg “This movie is fantastic and so powerful.  You’re going to need a better composer to score it.”   Spielberg responded “I know.  But all of the good composers are dead.”

With such talent working on this new new installment in the Star Wars franchise, it should be a hit!  My sons used to watch Star Wars every Friday night when they were little.  They would fall asleep in front of the TV with smiles on their faces.   I can’t wait to see this new episode!