ForceCast 317: Domo Arigato, Sith Lord Roboto

A raft of rumors about Star Wars: Episode VII has us speculating about the heroes, villains, troopers, and planets of the first sequel. Find out which rumor makes Justin and Eric crack up laughing and which rumor supports one of Erik's predictions. All that and more, including the premiere date for Star Wars Rebels and tales from Erik and Eric's vacations, in this week's show!
==Guests==
*None
==Show notes==
*The HoloNet
**Lucasfilm Announces One-Hour Star Wars Rebels Premiere, Monday Airdate For Episodes
**Latino Review reports on the villains of Episode VII.
**Badass Digest says that the robot hand in J.J. Abrams’ August 11 tweet belongs to the main villain. Indie Revolver has shared a picture of the villain holding Vader’s helmet.
**Billy Donnelly from This Is Infamous, which clarified some of BD’s EpVII premise report, checked in to say that the reports about the villains from LR and BD are at least partially wrong. On Twitter, Donnelly said, “No Jedi Hunters either.”
**Indie Revolver posted concept art of two supposed Episode VII stormtrooper helmets, one regular and one that they believe is for an updated snowtrooper. The next day, MakingStarWars shared a photo of a physical prop of the regular helmet. Latino Review then chimed in to say that there will be a chrome-armored stormtrooper with a cloaking device.
**Indie Revolver also posted what it claims is concept art for two Han Solo costumes.
*Fan Focus
**Rebels Short: 'Art Attack' Starring Sabine
**Justin’s interview with Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir comic writer Jeremy Barlow is available now.
**Fun images from John Boyega and Edgar Wright show a dinner that Wright had with Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and J.J. Abrams.
*The Comlink
**We read an email from Michael and present our latest listener interaction segments with Patreon supporters Chris and Justin.
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