STAR WARS EPISODE VII Announcement Expected May 4th; Title Reveal May Wait Until Comic-Con

Rumour has it that Disney and Lucasfilm will FINALLY reveal at least some of the cast of Star Wars Episode VII on "Star Wars Day", a.k.a. May 4th. However, one source believes that - like Marvel - the studio will hold off on revealing the title until this year's San Diego Comic-Con...

By JoshWilding - Apr 26, 2014 04:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Star Wars

It's been a frustrating year for Star Wars fans thanks to endless rumours and various actors alluding to being a part of J.J. Abrams' Episode VII. However, as expected, it appears as if there's a chance that we could indeed hear something a little more solid on Monday, May 4th. Disney boss Alan Horn has said that the cast is in place and the script is just about done, and with only around 18 months or so until release, an official synopsis of partial cast list is well overdue by now.

We're obviously going to have to wait and see if anything major is revealed eight days from now, but one reporter (see below) believes that the one thing which won't be revealed is the title. This makes a lot of sense, as Marvel certainly succeeded in building a lot of hype for their Captain America: The First Avenger sequel when they revealed that it would be called "The Winter Soldier" at the annual event a couple of years ago. What do you guys think?

Star Wars 7 casting announcements will come soon, but I'm told that Disney will hold the title reveal until Comic Con. Worked for Marvel...
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) April 24, 2014

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48 Comments

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TheBuoyWonder - 4/26/2014, 4:35 AM

Oh no!
The multiple gusto's are back!

MsDarkPhoenix - 4/26/2014, 4:43 AM

Well, it looks like I'll just sit here and wait.

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU

darkjediknight - 4/26/2014, 4:45 AM

My daughter has been waiting for new Star Wars to come out, now that she is old enough to go to the movies without getting us kicked out, this is going to be awesome.

staypuffed - 4/26/2014, 4:51 AM

Good idea with May 4th, but they should just reveal the damn title, like a certain Warner Bros. property (cough).

marvel72 - 4/26/2014, 4:57 AM

comic con is the best time of year on this site,super bowl probably second.

robster - 4/26/2014, 5:07 AM

May 4th is a Sunday,not Monday,so I hope there's something happening before I leave New York that evening. But I'll be over again for Comic Con so we'll see what happens there. Fun times!

J-R!

kalisto2010 - 4/26/2014, 5:09 AM

JJ keeps things too secret. That's why Star Trek 2 failed to surpass it's predecessor.

JoshBerger - 4/26/2014, 5:09 AM

Meh...it's the shit prequels that should have left out,not all the EU. If anything needed to go...it was the [frick]ing shitty and horrid prequels.

Facade - 4/26/2014, 5:23 AM

This was a marketing no brainer.

BlinkyStark - 4/26/2014, 5:25 AM

and the early batman reboot with superman cameo still has no official title

WOW

TheBrotherhood - 4/26/2014, 5:30 AM

The Gusto Corps....who's next, HeadlessGusto? DogGusto? haha

SuperCat - 4/26/2014, 5:57 AM

jumpingtheshark - 4/26/2014, 6:10 AM

May 4 is not a Monday it is a Sunday.

captainireland - 4/26/2014, 6:24 AM

I'm more interested in the cast than the title anyway so hopefully there's some truth to this.

DaVinci31 - 4/26/2014, 6:35 AM

@MrBlackJack

Or, you know, Gusto had some "work" done.

lmao

Abary - 4/26/2014, 6:48 AM

ABOUT [frick]ING TIME. I knew they'd announce something on Star Wars day!

DaVinci31 - 4/26/2014, 6:49 AM

Now that I think about it the title could actually reveal some info on what direction they are going in, it's 30 years after so they can't name it some bs title with words like "dawn" and "aftermath".

DrVenkman - 4/26/2014, 6:51 AM

nice

DrVenkman - 4/26/2014, 7:02 AM

"You will release the title, cast and synopsis today."

DaniDeSanta - 4/26/2014, 7:04 AM

I CANNOT WAIT!!!! By the way, how can I put GIFs below my comments? Can some one help me please? Thanks.

DrVenkman - 4/26/2014, 7:09 AM

Yes please

DrVenkman - 4/26/2014, 7:11 AM

@theblasi

< IMG SRC = past url here >

Do not have a space after <, on either side of the equal sign, or before the last >, keep the space between IMG and SRC

ComicFan523 - 4/26/2014, 7:21 AM

Never thought I'd see another new Star Wars movie. I hope DIsney does it right.

Wingding - 4/26/2014, 8:00 AM

When's comicon?

GeneralZod1138 - 4/26/2014, 8:15 AM

San Diego Comic-Con is JULY 24-27, 2014

pintoman - 4/26/2014, 8:16 AM

I was hoping for a May 3rd announcement. I,m going to Stockton, CA May 4th. Darn. On May 5th, I'm going to mow the lawn if everyone is ok with that. I might have lemonade on May 6th. Also, paperclips hammer pill bugs.

ShelfPorn - 4/26/2014, 9:21 AM

...I don't know what Cinco De Mayo has to do with Star Wars but I can't wait until Monday then!

BlindJustice - 4/26/2014, 9:59 AM

Cinco de guerra de las galaxias!

Bread - 4/26/2014, 10:00 AM

@ShelfPorn- CINCO DE MAYO IS MAY 5TH , WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY 4TH OH MY GOD

Warcam - 4/26/2014, 10:47 AM

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DoomBot666 - 4/26/2014, 11:20 AM

May 4th is Cinco de Quatro, everybody knows that!

SkywayTraffic - 4/26/2014, 11:47 AM

The cast announcements will only be the already basically confirmed Mark Hammil, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford. I guarantee it.

Shit movie.

JorL5150 - 4/26/2014, 12:02 PM

It only works if the originals are there to anchor the series to the original and be the obi-one mentors to the children of sky walker

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STAR WARS EPISODE VII Announcement Expected May 4th; Title Reveal May Wait Until Comic-Con

Rumour has it that Disney and Lucasfilm will FINALLY reveal at least some of the cast of Star Wars Episode VII on "Star Wars Day", a.k.a. May 4th. However, one source believes that - like Marvel - the studio will hold off on revealing the title until this year's San Diego Comic-Con...

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