There have been a lot of conflicting reports about what to expect from the hotly anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII, which is to be directed by JJ Abrams. Yet, with a new release date penciled in for December 18, 2015, it looks like things are finally rolling.
To boost that confidence for the little Jedi disciples everywhere is this first behind-the-scenes photo released via Bad Robot’s Twitter Feed. In the picture, you can see director Abrams and the new Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. Standing between them? Why it’s R2D2! While it is not yet officially confirmed that Han (Harrison Ford), Luke (Mark Hamill) and Leia (Carrie Fisher) are fully back, it appears this little pile of rust buckets is. That gives R2D2 seven-for-seven. Not bad.
Abrams released it with the message of “Hi from the workshop!” along with the hashtag “StarWarsVII.” Suddenly, I sense a great disturbance in the Force…