What he said:
Director J.J. Abrams has revealed that Star Wars: Episode VII will begin filming in early 2014, with the production (...) setting up base camp here in the UK.
"Most likely we are going to be moving to London at the end of the year for the Star Wars movie," said Abrams, before revealing that he'd prefer to shoot in Los Angeles and the decision to shoot in the UK - which was made before he became attached to the project - "drives me insane".
As for his approach to Episode VII, the Star Trek Into Darkness director remained tight-lipped, offering "no comment" when asked if the new films would employ elements of the Expanded Universe and stating only that "I think that the thing is so big and so massive to so many people that the key to moving forward is honoring but not revering what went before."
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Honestly, I would prefer if they didn't connect the movies in any way to the previous two trilogies. Just give the whole thing a fresh start and go from there. It really helped Star Trek, what with the whole timeline reboot, and I think dropping Luke and Leia would be the correct way to move forward. Let the original movies continue in a tie-in form, don't retcon the novels, and just start fresh with new characters.
Also, I hope that since they will be filming in the UK, some of my favorite actors will appear in it. I realized, to my surprise, that these days, I'm fangirling over British guys mostly: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Hugh Dancy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston... I don't know, it feels like Hollywood's pool of actors has been quite bland as of late.