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Harrison Ford never thought he’d return to Star Wars

There are two things you need to know before you watch the videos below: Jimmy Fallon is a total Star Wars nerd. “I think that what had eluded the group was finding the simple spine of the story”.

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“I never thought we would do another”. But what’s incredible is that the movie we just did is about 40 years after “Star Wars: A New Hope“… The Phil Lord and Chris Miller directed film isn’t set to shoot until January 2017 and won’t be released until May 25, 2018.

Ansel Elgort, Kylie Minogue’s boyfriend Joshua Sasse and Harry Potter’s Tom Felton have auditioned for the role of Star Wars hero Han Solo in a new sci-fi spin-off.

The latest batch of Star Wars goodness comes courtesy of Rolling Stone, which has an in-depth article that goes behind-the-scenes of the new film.

Ford previously spoke about reprising his role of Han Solo and reuniting with his co-star Peter Mayhew, who plays Chewbacca.

“Obviously you’re seeing him in a very different time in his life, there are lots of surprises in this movie”. I had that same wave of emotion happen to me when I was on Skellig Michael in Ireland.

The 73-year-old star gave his review to Good Morning America after admitting he’d already seen the film that Star Wars fans the world over are waiting for. “It’s got great production values”. In the official trailer, viewers got a glimpse of original characters Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), but the there was no sign of Mark Hamill as the iconic character.

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“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, for those of you not in the know, hits theaters everywhere on December 18th. “If I had a little sister, I would be so pleased for her to see the film”. The casting process has started for the young Han Solo.

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