STAR WARS EPISODE 7 Gets New Writer; Is Someone You've Actually Heard Of

If you've been wondering "Man, where's news on that Star Wars thing?" well, here's some news for you from Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm off the Official Star Wars website declaring that Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) is officially out of Star Wars: Episode VII, and Star Wars veteran Lawrence Kasdan (Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi) will return to a galaxy far, far away...

"I am very excited about the story we have in place and thrilled to have Larry and J.J. working on the script," states Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. "There are very few people who fundamentally understand the way a Star Wars story works like Larry, and it is nothing short of incredible to have him even more deeply involved in its return to the big screen. J.J. of course is an incredible storyteller in his own right. Michael Arndt has done a terrific job bringing us to this point and we have an amazing filmmaking and design team in place already prepping for production."

That should give you Star Wars-crazies out there some hope if you were worried about "The Little Miss Sunshine" guy writing your sweeping space-spectacle, directed by J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Super 8).

Kennedy went on to reveal some more of the crew, and they have some nice looking resumes:

Director of photography Dan Mindel (Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness)

Production designers Rick Carter (Lincoln, Avatar, Forrest Gump) and Darren Gilford (Oblivion, TRON: Legacy)

Costume designer Michael Kaplan (Star Trek Into Darkness, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Fight Club)

Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould (Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception)

Sound designer Ben Burtt (Lincoln, Wall-E, Star Wars: Episodes I-VI)

Re-recording mixer Gary Rydstrom (Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Toy Story, Mission: Impossible -Ghost Protocol)

Supervising sound editor Matthew Wood (Star Trek Into Darkness, The Master, There Will Be Blood) of Skywalker Sound

Visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett (Star Trek Into Darkness, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith) of Industrial Light & Magic.

Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, with Tommy Harper (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Jack Ryan, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Jason McGatlin (Tintin, War of the Worlds) serving as executive producers.

John Williams is returning to score Star Wars: Episode VII.

No word yet on the plot of Star Wars: Episode VII nor is there really anyone confirmed for starring in the project yet; but keep your eyes peeled, something is bound to show up.