I have a feeling the original cast is going to be back in supporting roles like Nimoy was in the Abrams Trek movie. You give people another dose of those characters and you take the already huge anticipation to


http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/mark-hamill-new-star-wars-trilogy.html

"In the midst of a media-wide spree to get valuable opinions about the sudden, galaxy-shattering news that Disney (Disney!) will very shortly roll out a new Star Wars trilogy picking up where Return of the Jedi left off, Entertainment Weekly scored a chat with Mark "But I Was Going into Tosche Station to Pick Up Some Power Converters" Hamill. While he was as surprised by everyone about Lucasfilm's sale to Disney, he's been privy to the new films since August. After being summoned to lunch alongside Carrie Fisher, Hamill got the news straight from Lucas: "We decided we’re going to do Episodes VII, VIII, and IX." As to whether Hamill gets to reprise his role, "until we know more, it’s hard to make any comment other than congratulations to George.""