Ten Facts That Should Ease Your Fears About Star Wars Episode VII

I know, we're all nervous, but here are some 100% TRUE facts that should help ease AT LEAST a few of your nerves.

1. Our classic heroes are back!

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Not just Luke, Han, and Leia, but 3PO, R2, and Chewie, too! If only Lando were to make a return, as well....

2. There's a great number of new, relatively unknown actors, as well!

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That was a big part of what made Star Wars what it was, filling it with actors who had done little to no mainstream Hollywood work.

3. JJ Abrams is a life-long Star Wars fanatic!

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I know, some of you are disgruntled over Lens Flare Trek, but he's openly admitted he had never really watched Star Trek before making those films. Star Wars has always been his first love, though.

4. Abrams is recording with ACTUAL FILM!

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None of that fancy, digital stuff. We're going for the old, rich, classic feel.

5. SO MUCH of it is being kept an absolute secret!

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99.9% of anything you'll hear about Episode VII consists of rumors and speculations. JJ is keeping almost everything under wraps until just the right time.

6. Except for this guy!

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We don't know who they are or whose side they're on, but this OFFICIAL leaked concept are CLEARLY portrays someone holding Vader's charred helmet, taken from his funeral pyre on Endor.

7. THE FORCE AWAKENS!

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Yes, an underwhelming title to many, but also a bearer of grand implication. In the original trilogy, the Jedi had been all but extinguished. 30 years later, whatever laid dormant during Palpatine's reign is going to rise.

8. So many practical effects!

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No more of this 80% CGI nonsense George Lucas handed us. We're getting back to the roots, with puppets and models and everything!

9. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the screenplay!

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And there is NO WAY you can tell me you didn't LOVE his work on The Empire Strikes Back!

10. And last, but not least, Luke's Jedi beard!

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That's how you know he made it to the level of Master, after all.