We better get used to a lot of Star Wars news over the next few months as the JJ Abrams project moves closer towards its release date. Besides the photos that have been leaked from set, we are now hearing rumours about the plot.
However, we are warning you now, if you would like your life to remain Star Wars spoiler free, do not continue reading.
According to Slash Film, who got a hold of some details from Badass Digest, the rumours not only tells us a little about the plot but may hint towards some of the characters the cast will be playing.
Here is the plot summary from Badass Digest have been running with:
"Imagine the standard Star Wars crawl, and when it ends the camera pans up to the stars. But instead of a spaceship zooming into frame we see… a hand! A severed hand, tumbling through space. A severed hand gripping a light saber.
That hand falls onto a desert planet, where it is discovered by characters who will be our heroes. One is Daisy Ridley. The other is John Boyega, who is playing someone trying to change his path in life (again, I’m keeping it vague here). They recognize the light saber as a Jedi relic and decide to return it to the proper people.
Their quest takes them off world, and they meet up with Han Solo and Chewbacca, who aren’t flying around in the Millenium Falcon anymore but are piloting… well, that could be a spoiler. I’ll leave it. Anyway, Han and Chewie recognize the light saber as Luke’s, and they say they haven’t seen their friend in thirty years, since the events of Return of the Jedi.
So begins a quest to find the missing Jedi Master. Meanwhile, on an ice planet, nefarious forces are building a super weapon, one capable of destroying not planets but entire solar systems…"
Yes, if that plot does seem familiar it's apparently because Episode VII is meant to echo Episode IV.
We can pretty much assure you the moment Han Solo steps on screen, everyone will go bananas.
