Marketsaw‘s spy is backing up the claims that Episode VII will focus on the Skywalker spawn, and also the film’s tone:
The focus is on the original trilogy in regards of reverence and tone. Remember I told you before that the tone was important, well I believe they are really taking that seriously. From everything I know, they’re focusing on that directly. Remember everything has the ability to change drastically, as Star Wars right now apart from the twin trilogies is a huge blank canvas. However, the trilogies ongoing narrative will continue to focus on that particular branch, whereas the stand alone movies, will fill and expand the voids in between in multiple timelines, and have potential to then be franchised themselves in regards to the worlds they open up.
The ‘news’ here, however, is the claim that Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men) may be a very important name in the hat for future Star Wars directing jobs, and to “expect” Simon Pegg in “some capacity.” Dengar?
UPDATE: Pegg tweets:
No idea where this silly rumour about me attached to the new Star Wars film came from but I can confirm that it’s absolute Bantha poodoo.
— Simon Pegg (@simonpegg) February 26, 2013
Oh, and they mention Plagueis as a possible spinoff, because of course.
The Plagueis thing is a huge red flag to me. Why do rumor-mongers insist on throwing in something so unlikely?
Why have one rumor when you can have ALL THE RUMORS?
Like.
I really liked the Darth Plagueis novel. But it would be difficult to film.
Cuarón has my vote. One of my fave directors!
I would sit down to watch a Cuarón Star Wars film in an instant. Admittedly, I’ll sit down to watch any new Star Wars film in an instant, but I wouldn’t approach this one grudgingly.