“Star Wars” creator George Lucas let slip that Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill could be firing up their old lightsabers in “Star Wars: Episode VII.”
When asked by Bloomberg Businessweek if the original actors from the sci-fi phenomenon would return, Lucas revealed, “We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison—or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation. So I called them to say, ‘Look, this is what’s going on.’”
“Maybe I’m not supposed to say that,” he continued after a pause. “I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do, but we were negotiating with them.”
He added, “I won’t say whether the negotiations were successful or not.”
While casting for the films has yet to be announced, Fisher recently told Florida’s Palm Beach Illustrated she’s coming back as Princess Leia. The actress answered with a simple “yes” when asked if she would be reprising the iconic role.
Director JJ Abrams has been tapped to direct the films.