Saw this mockup on a google search...

...to quote SE Vader "Nooooooooooo!"

SilverWook said:

Yeah, we've seen that already. ;)

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Episode-VII-to-be-directed-by-JJ-Abrams/post/629818/#TopicPost629818

Carrie was on the Daytime Emmys recently, and she looks good! The rest of the gang are in good shape for their age as well. If Christopher Lee could do a SW film in his early 80's, I don't see any problems.

It's the surgery that kills the idea for me with CF. If you've had surgery you shouldn't be on the big screen, unless you're playing somebody who has had surgery. Like Mickey Rourke who has taken roles as physically deformed characters anyway, like Marv or the Wrestler lol

^ Venessa Redgrave still looks beautiful at 76 (It appears with no surgery)

^ Hlen Mirren 67, ditto

Carrie is only 56 and looks older than both of them. And it's not because of drugs and alcohol. I'm sure Mirren has done a whole Cuban harvest load of drugs in her past.

^ Priscilla Presley at 68 could make children cry.

Fang Zei said:

I kinda hope they're not the main characters anyway. Part of me wants to think Abrams - whether or not Kennedy even had this in mind when hiring him - is gonna introduce us to a whole new cast of characters just as he did in Star Trek. Yes, I know what you're thinking, "but, those characters in Star Trek already existed." Yeah, but the way JJ pulled it off made it feel like we were meeting them again for the first time.

Sure, it's a little more of a challenge to introduce characters no one's ever met before, but I would absolutely love it if halfway through the movie our protagonist is saved by a mysterious, cloaked figure who is then revealed to be Luke Skywalker. Yeah, I'm just theorizing, and all of this ultimately depends on Arndt's script, but it's fun to speculate....

This is a whole new trilogy. Why would you ever think they were making them the main characters again? Even George way back when was going to have 7-8-9 be about Luke's sister and presumably other new main characters.

There's no way that they're the main characters still. =P

They probably would be there for fanservice reasons. They're not going to remake Crystal Skull three times over.

I hope they're not there purely for "Fan Service" 'cause JJ is none to subtle with that in the Star Trek films. e.g.

- Random nonsensical Tribbles

- Shoehorning in a load of rehashed catrchphrases from STII

- Nimoy shoehorned in

etc

They need to be a natural and essential part of the plot.

generalfrevious said:

They probably would be there for fanservice reasons.

If they're only there for fanservice I won't even bother to watch it. I don't mind them possibly not being the main characters but fanservice implies quick cameos or awkward shoving of characters into the plot. I'm completely tired of that. The very least they all need to be important to the plot.

Episode 7 for me would work great if the beginning of the film is about Luke. He's being hunted down by somebody (probably female antagonist), and so he's on the run. Quickly, he picks up a streetwise kid who steals to survive (Aladdin-esque). He catches the kid stealing, and takes the time to tell him what he's doing is wrong and that he can come with him.

They make camp for a night, and Luke has yet to reveal that he's a Jedi. Luke wakes up from sleeping to catch the kid using the force to move the logs on the fire. Luke proceeds to tell him about the force, etc.

Menwhile, Luke is staying in contact with Han and Leia. Han and Chewie are searching for Luke's attackers, while Leia is on Coruscant overseeing the New Republic in some capacity.

As the film progresses, the focus shifts to Luke's tagalong... they meet up with Han and Chewie, eventually finding out that Leia is the real target. Han teaches the new kid how to fly the Falcon, which looks almost the exact same but has been renovated to look almost new.

They rush to save Leia, everyone gets trapped. The new kid watches helplessly as Luke is about to be killed by a female Sith. Luke falls to the ground, drops his lightsaber, it turns off. At the last second, the new kid pulls it to him with the force, jumps in and blocks the attack that would have killed Luke (This is the first time he ever uses a lightsaber). Seeing this, Luke finds enough strength to pick her up with the force and toss her against the wall, knocking her out.

After the battle, Han stands next to the Falcon and says "That's it, I'm retiring. Hey kid, you fly pretty well. I understand you don't have much etc, take her she's yours."

Luke and apprentice fly off, Han, Leia, and Chewie wave from balcony on Coruscant - the camera zooms out - roll credits

By Ep 8, training is in full swing. They pick up a companion for the apprrentice early on. About halfway through the film, Luke dies. At this point, besides small appearances, the OT cast would be done.

^ True I can't see JJ having the time to handle another ST picture. STID made enough money that they'll probably just farm it out to another Director who'll make a hash of it. Hell get Nicholas Meyer back, he always makes good ST... in fact without him there would be no such thing as ST anymore.