U sure about that? I have my doubts... I'll go see it  no matter what though

Wasnt Hayden whatever (Anakin) an unknown...?

I don't see why anyone would have doubts.

Disney has done very well with its recently acquired franchises like Marvel. It has a great director and writers from Empire Strikes Back. It also has original cast to begin the story transition among many other benefits.

This is going to be awesome.

Never heard of most of these people (save the old cast and Gollum of course)
Not sure how I feel about that. They're all ugly too. Aren't movie stars supposed to be good looking people? xD

All Hail Ming the Merciless!

So here are my thoughts. So pumped that many of the original cast members will be appearing, especially Hamill, Ford, and Fisher, who lend gravity to the production. Also pumped for Serkis, who's brilliant at what he does, and von Sydow, who's a living legend. The small-name actors are a bit of a double-edged sword. It could work out really well because inexperienced actors often have less baggage and can disappear more completely into a role. Or that inexperience could show onscreen and subtract from the production.

The most positive thing about Episode VII is Kasdan, who, along with Kershner, was the best thing that ever happened to Star Wars. The most negative thing, and, unfortunately, the one thing I fear will drag down the entire movie, is Abrams. Whatever skill Abrams demonstrated in his TV work has obviously not translated to film. Whereas his TV shows, most notably Lost, are replete with interesting scenarios, characters, and inventive storytelling, his movies are conventional, noisy, and, above all, safe.

Oscar Isaac as Chewbaccas son?

Cool. Psyched, being a huuge Star Wars fan.

Glad most of the original actors will have their parts, also great to see Andy Serkis's name. However, no Lando?

Looking into each one. Damn I like this cast. I like that the only one I recognized by name alone was Serkis. I'm glad I actually watched Attack the Block. I especially like that "unknown" in this situation does not seem to correlate to "inexperienced." Getting pretty excited for this. I wonder which of these actors (if any, aside from Serkins) will be portraying droids or aliens?

Yeah that bothers me too. I hope Billy Dee Williams finds a place in the trilogy somewhere.