Star Wars Episode VII To Feature A Cast Of Unknowns

Lucasfilm recently confirmed that Star Wars Episode VII will include some very familiar faces, but they did not elaborate on who those familiar faces would be. Lucasfilm also revealed that Star Wars Episode VII would star a trio of new young leads without revealing any specific names. However, if a recent interview that Dominic Monaghan did with Dweebcast is any indication, the trio of new young leads will not be familiar faces to most moviegoers. Actor Dominic Monaghan is friends with Star Wars Episode VII director J.J. Abrams, and he admitted reaching out to Abrams about a possible role in the film. "We've talked about it a few times. Once I knew that he was doing Star Wars, obviously I sent him a little congratulatory message and stuff," said Monaghan. "We've talked a few times about it, and he just said, 'Look, we're putting together a cast of essentially unknowns. We want to follow the kind of '77 New Hope cast, because obviously Harrison Ford wasn't well known at that point. Mark Hamill wasn't, and Carrie Fisher wasn't either." When asked if Abrams said he was too famous to be in Star Wars Episode VII, Monaghan replied, "I don't think he uttered those words, but what he said was, 'We're looking for people we don't know. We don't want to fall into that mistake of people going, 'Oh, it's that guy from that thing, and then you're completely out of the Star Wars universe.'" Star Wars Episode VII is scheduled to be released in movie theaters on December 18, 2015.