Mrebo said:

Okay...I do not understand...at all...casting people who are in their 20s and 30s for these roles.

If the next film is a continuation of the third film, it will have to be recast. If it's a story taking place 40 years later, then we could expect to see Hamill and Ford.

I'm not sure how they would work Fisher into the story. You would need some story element trying to explain why she's unrecognizable as the same person. Hamill and Ford have aged correctly. Her years of drug abuse and lifestyle have aged her prematurely.

I'm surprised at the number of people who are so emotionally against recasting. I can't think of a franchise more contaminated or more in need of a fresh start that Star Wars.

Maybe because the NPR version of the original story is my canon, maybe because I'm EU-only, or maybe because I'm a life-long James Bond nerd - but to me the story is paramount, not the actors. No two ways about it, actors can sometimes make a character, but if Kirk, Spock, or 007 can be played by more than one person, anyone can.