Jedi News first ran the rumor that Emperor Palpatine would be returning for
Star Wars: Episode VII, which was then picked up by Latino Review who managed to uncover some more details on it..so it's worth paying attention to another couple of casting rumors they've just posted. According to them brilliantly named Latvian actress
Ksenia Solo (
Black Swan, tv's The Lost Girl)is being considered for -- wait for it -- the role of the daughter of Princess Leia and Han Solo. They don't mention if she's actually read for it, or is just someone Abrams and the studio are looking at. This next one is a bit more solid -- apparently a correspondent of theirs from starwarsreport.com reports that he had a conversation with
Spartacus actor
Liam McIntyre who revealed that he read for a Jedi role in the movie. Of course even if these guys have read for roles, there's no guarantee they'll get them or even wind up front-runners but it's worth keeping an eye on.
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