Star Wars: The Force Awakenshas been breakingbox officerecords left and right, with a global haul of $1.7 billion so far. The iconic movie will set up a new trilogy, withStar Wars: Episode VIIIstarting production later this month with a June 13, 2025 release date.Star Wars: The Force Awakensfeatured the death of an iconic character in the franchise, but according to a new report fromMovieCastingCall.org, this character may return. There will be spoilers below if you haven’t seenStar Wars: The Force Awakensyet, so read on at your own risk.
This casting call revealed that casting is under way for new male and female characters, and while no details are revealed about these characters, the casting call does reveal thatHarrison Fordwill return asHan Solo. This iconic character was killed by his son Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) inStar Wars: The Force Awakens, but this report claims that he will come back alongsideCarrie Fisheras Leia,Daisy Ridleyas Rey,John Boyegaas Finn,Oscar IsaacasPoe Dameron,Gwendoline ChristieasCaptain Phasma. The report doesn’t mention ifAdam Driveris returning as Kylo Ren.
If this report is true, it isn’t known how this iconic character could come back. Han Solo was killed by his son Kylo Ren, who stabbed him with his lightsaber causing him to fall into a massive abyss. It seems highly unlikely that he would actually survive both the lightsaber stabbing and the fall into the seemingly bottomless abyss, so it’s possible that this casting report could be erroneous. After all,Harrison Fordhad often talked about how he wanted his character to be killed off inStar Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.
Star Wars: The Force Awakenshas now earned $1.56 billion, which is the fourth-highest global gross ever, behindJurassic World($1.669 billion),Titanic($2.186 billion) andAvatar($2.788 billion). This global haul is even more impressive since directorJ.J. Abrams' adventure hasn’t even opened in one of the world’s largest markets yet, China, where it is set to debut on January 9. Another reason the numbers are so impressive is its theatrical rollout is nowhere near the biggest in history.The Twilight Saga: Eclipsestill hold the record for the widest release ever, debuting in 4,468 theaters back in 2010.Star Wars: The Force Awakenshas the 33rd widest opening ever, debuting in 4,134 theaters, a theater count lower than other 2015 blockbusters such asThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2(4,175) andMinions(4,301).
With the impending release in China, it could be only a matter of time beforeStar Wars: The Force Awakensbecomes the third movie ever to break $2 billion at the worldwide box office, a feat only accomplished byJames Cameron’s blockbustersTitanic($2.1 billion) andAvatar($2.7 billion). It’s possible thatStar Wars: The Force Awakenswill be the first movie ever to crack $3 billion worldwide. If that happens, this one movie would represent 3/4 of Disney’s $4 billion investment when it bought LucasFilm in 2012, with two more sequels and three spinoffs coming in the next four years. Do you think Han Solo could be coming back inStar Wars: Episode VIII?
