Over the weekend, at the Star Wars Celebration Europe in Germany, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced that--one more time, with extra feeling--John Williams will be scoring the next installment of the Star Wars franchise.
For the die-hards, this isn't exactly breaking news, of course.
Back in April, rumors were flying faster than the Millenium Falcon that Williams would, well, strike back. Alas, for those holding out hope that composer Michael Giacchino (Lost, Star Wars Trek Into Darkness, Call of Duty, etc.) would get the call from J.J. Abrams, like making Jar Jar Binks a likeable character, that just ain't gonna happen.
For his part, Williams officially joins the growing list of all-stars--director Abrams, screenwriter Michael Arndt, Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg as consultants--who are giving shape to Star Wars: Episode VII.
Lest the geeks posit that the decorated composer/conductor is receiving any kind of advance treatment from his new Disney overlords, Williams, himself, admits below that not even he's seen a script for this latest episode.
Remember, in October of last year, The Walt Disney Company shelled out $4.05 billion for Lucasfilm--announcing that it would produce three new films, with Star Wars Episode VII scheduled for a 2015 release. 20th Century Fox still retains distribution rights to the "first six" Star Wars films, owning permanent rights for the original film (i.e. Episode IV: A New Hope) and holding rights to episodes I-III, V and VI until May of 2020.
All the same, it's kind of funny to hear the 81-year-old John Williams (who's been bald since the saga began) call J.J. Abrams a "young man" several times over here.
As for Classicalite, you might recall we went with the Williams from Catch Me If You Can and E.T. over Star Trek Wars.
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