It has now been confirmed that Andy Serkis (who played CGI Gollum, Cesar and King Kong) is doing some performance capture work for Episode VII as a consultant with his firm Imaginarium and will also have a role in the film. What that may be he is not at liberty to say.
The final interesting thing is that there is a rumour doing that rounds that Billie Lourd (Carrie Fisher's daughter) is lined up to play Princess Leis in flashback scenes. Given that this rumour is doing the rounds in the tabloid press it's probably cobblers but you never know!
In other Star Wars news a French trailer has appeared online for Star Wars Rebels which reveals that Obi-Wan Kenobi is being included!
....and I'l leave you with the Star Wars prequels done in a Guardians Of The Galaxy stylee!