Per the press release from the official Star Wars site Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker will be returning for the movie.
It has been known for awhile that they would all return to reprise their roles from the original trilogy of Star Wars movies.
A possibly significant absence is Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian, and who has been doing a lot of press to promote the movie.
They will be joined by John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow. Here's a bit about them and my thoughts on who they might be playing.
Andy Serkis many will know as the actor who portrayed Smeagol/Gollum in the Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit movies. It will be interesting to see what role he has in Star Wars.
Max von Sydow has been acting for over seventy years in a wide variety of roles and it is yet unclear what part he may be playing. Expect for him to be playing some sort of political leader, in the New Republic.
Adam Driver had already been rumored as the lead villain, for the movie, though with the canon announcement from the weekend, there's little clue to a specific character that he would be playing.
Oscar Isaac has played everything from Joseph, the father of Jesus in the 2006 Nativity Story, to Prince John against Russel Crowe's Robin Hood. Again little clue to who he'll play, but a very possible candidate to play a son of Han and Leia's.
Daisy Ridley is not a very well known actress, however expect her to play Han and Leia's daughter, she definitely has the right look for it.
Domhnall Gleeson is best known as Bill Weasley, from the Harry Potter movies. He is a distinct possibility to play a son of Luke Skywalker, but again just guessing here.
John Boyega, again not a very known actor. However he just happens to look like what we might expect a young Lando Calrissian to appear. Especially with Lando possibly not in the movie, this could be his son.
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