


'What? Are you nuts?!'”Ī week after the initial announcement, a report debuts online reading that Harrison Ford is “open” to returning for the upcoming film.
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“I thought he was going to talk about either his retirement or the ‘Star Wars’ TV series that I’ve heard about.So when he said, ‘We decided we’re going to do Episodes VII, VIII, and IX,' I was just gobsmacked. Two days after the announcement, original series star Mark Hamill revealed that he had been aware since August of 2011 that Episodes VII, VII, and IX were being planned after a lunch he had with George Lucas. In addition, a separate report indicated Disney and Lucasfilm's plans to make the series into an “Avengers”-style universe with multiple character-centric films in addition to the singular “Episodes.” The next day after the initial announcement came a report that the films would be entirely new stories with no basis on the “expanded universe” stories of Star Wars. In addition, “more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga and grow the franchise well into the future” were confirmed. The deal also revealed Kathleen Kennedy would become President of Lucasfilm and executive produce the new Star Wars feature films, with George Lucas serving as creative consultant. The day before Halloween, Disney rocked the internet to its core when they revealed that they would acquire Lucasfilm for $4 billion and produce more Star Wars films with Episode VII targeting a 2015 release date. Star Wars: The Force Awakens News Timeline
