Bleedingcool.com has today released what it claims to be the official casting call for Star Wars: Episode VII. This might be dismissed as a mere hoax, but the fine folks over at theforce.net have since contacted Lucasfilm and confirmed that the information is official. The casting call contains the following roles:
Late-teen female, independent, good sense of humour, fit.
Young twenty-something male, witty and smart, fit but not traditionally good looking.
A late twenty-something male, fit, handsome and confident.
Seventy-something male, with strong opinions and tough demeanour. Also doesn’ t need to be particularly fit.
A second young female, also late teens, tough, smart and fit.
Forty-something male, fit, military type.
Thirty-something male, intellectual. Apparently doesn’t need to be fit.
It's an incredibly ambiguous list (no doubt intentionally), but it does give some very clear information about the age and genders of the main players. There's something else we can take from this casting call too: If it does contain a complete list of the main characters (barring those who will hopefully be reprised by actors from the original trilogy) then we shouldn't expect to see a couple of the main character from the post-RotJ EU - namely, Jaina and Jacen Solo. The pair are twins - just like Luke and Leia - and were there any intention to include them in this film, we'd expect to see both a male and a female role of the same age on this casting call.
