Star Wars Episode 7: Who Are The 7 New Characters?

By Rebecca Kulik /

Look, no one has any idea what the new Star Wars movie from J.J. Abrams is going to be about. We know that the holy trinity of Han, Luke, and Leia have a decent chance of being in it. And we know it€™s set in the future of the original trilogy, some untold specific time after the events of Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi. Period. That€™s it. So, what we do from now until the first serious plot details start leaking is speculate! That€™s okay though, because speculation is fun. And unfortunately history shows that with Star Wars, speculation and anticipation tend to be a whole lot more fun that the actual movies. So, keeping in mind that this is pure speculation (with a healthy dose of Expanded Universe knowledge€”berate me all you like in the comments but the EU has practically every story that should or shouldn€™t ever be told about this universe), let€™s have a look at the OFFICIAL casting call for our next Star Wars film, then speculate wildly:

7. Late-Teen Female, Independent, Good Sense Of Humour, Fit

This one is gonna be Han and Leia€™s daughter. At least two or three of these teens and twenties folks are going to be Skywalker-Solo spawn, but given the €œsense of humor€ thing, I€™m going to call this one for Han€™s daughter. Leia€™s too, obviously. What€™ll she be like? She€™ll be fit and independent and funny. That€™s what we know. She€™ll be either a Jedi like Uncle Luke, a pilot like Dad, or a politician like Mom. From the Expanded Universe: In the EU, Han and Leia have a kid named €œJaina Solo.€ She€™s a pilot-Jedi, and she€™s pretty cool, actually. At the moment she€™s the only surviving Solo kid, so she€™s pretty independent.