Kamina said:

imperialscum said: I must say it is refreshing to see some criticism in contrast.

Well, I was trying to be optimistic up till now, but if you wanna here some thoughts from an industry insider (I work in LA)...

Some of these actors are not proven commodities and may suck and/or not be able to carry a movie. Harrison Ford hasn't done any good acting work in years --his Ender's Game performance was so bad it hurt. Hopefully JJ can pull what is needed out of these thespians, but it is by no means a sure thing and/or even that likely.

I'd say it's pretty likely. Were Hamill, Ford, or Fischer proven commodities in 76?

What about the cast of JJ's Star Trek? Pine, Quinto, Saldana, Yelchin, etc. were less proven than Isaac, Driver, Boyega, and Gleeson. Urban is analogous to Serkis, and I think Serkis is better. Yeah, ST09 also had Pegg, Ryder, and Greenwood, but this has Max von Sydow.

As for the returning cast members - I'm not too worried. We'll see.