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"The internet was understandably awash with excitement yesterday (April 29) when the main cast of Star Wars Episode VII was finally announced. Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are confirmed to be returning to the sci-fi franchise, along with several newcomers including Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver and Andy Serkis. Hover over the image above to see who&amp;#039;s who in Star Wars: Episode VII A round-up of social media reaction to the news is presented below: Digital Spy &amp;quot;I think what people are forgetting is HARRISON FORD is returning and will most likely be the lead with a big role in the film. That being said I would love to have seen the rumoured Gary Oldman cast in the film. He had great chemistry opposite Harrison Ford in Air Force One and is a very underrated actor - who most likely would not have taken too much spotlight from new cast members.&amp;quot; - kessuki &amp;quot;I sort of like that they have chosen unknown actors. I wish there were more girls though.&amp;quot; - oswin &amp;quot;On greater reflection this cast does nothing for me. I expected Zac Efron to have been added to the Star Wars reboot - he looks the part. I am neither excited nor happy with the cast. JJ Abrams casting unknowns for the sake of it reminds me of another doomed future reboot called the Fantastic Four.&amp;quot; - Dandrew Moore &amp;quot;Incredibly happy with these castings - especially Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and John Boyega. Too excited for this film now!&amp;quot; - Jack Topping &amp;quot;First of all, I am about to have a heart attack with excitement. With the confirmation of Mark, Harrison and Carrie my dream is literally coming true. I still can&amp;#039;t believe it&amp;#039;s actually going to happen. Now, initial thoughts - Adam Driver is surely the lead villain. John Boyega and Oscar Isaac are brilliant choices. Domhnall Gleeson and Max von Sydow are a bit of an enigma to me at this point. Andy Serkis is a huge surprise, but as one of my favourite actors I am absolutely overjoyed he&amp;#039;s taking part! Finally to Daisy Ridley - she looks a lot like Natalie Portman to me, which suggests she may well by the child of either Luke or Leia/Han. Exciting!!&amp;quot; - Dr Linus &amp;quot;I imagine there&amp;#039;ll be some radical hair colouring/styling before some of these casting choices make sense. I could potentially see Daisy Ridley as Leia&amp;#039;s daughter though; there&amp;#039;s a bit of Natalie Portman about her so that fits. Now they&amp;#039;ve officially announced that the Expanded Universe is not canon either, I guess that frees them up to add as many new characters as the offspring of the OT cast as they like. Still, I think it&amp;#039;d be a faux pas of David Brent proportions to have the only new black cast member as Lando&amp;#039;s son. Ouch.&amp;quot; - Lee Goodman &amp;quot;Max von Sydow! Incredible! It&amp;#039;s so surreal seeing the original cast as well! It&amp;#039;s beautiful!&amp;quot; - Paul Hurley  Twitter My absolute favourite thing about the Star Wars casting news is the fact that Peter Mayhew was at the read through. #ORRRWAAAAAHLAHLALHALHA \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Olly Moss (@ollymoss) April 30, 2014  Seems unanimous bringing back the old Star Wars cast is a good idea. I agree as long as their roles are LEAD instead of CAMEO \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Mike Matei (@Mike_Matei) April 30, 2014  Looks like the only tradition the new Disney #StarWars plans to stick to is having only one girl on the team. \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Aamer Rahman (@aamer_rahman) April 30, 2014  It may be thirty-seven years later, but Harrison Ford can sure get right back into his Han Solo pose: #StarWars pic.twitter.com/Ztf1giYvWM \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Andrew King (@twitandrewking) April 30, 2014  Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow... ace #StarWars cast. Adam off of Girls in a galaxy far, far away will take some getting used to though. \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Morgan Jeffery (@morganjeffery) April 29, 2014  It&amp;#039;s day two of Billy Dee Williams sitting by the phone quietly weeping. #StarWarsEpisodeVII \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Tim Chipping (@timchipping) April 30, 2014  OMG Max von Sydow is going to be in #StarWarsEpisodeVII? Give that man a lightsaber right now. \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Brandon Jones (@GameTrailersVO) April 29, 2014  Star Wars Episode VII cast in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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