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He also motioned that very few people were aware of the Episode VII announcement before it happened. Be sure to read the entire article.

Star Wars: Smuggler’s Gambit was recorded live at Celebration VI in Orlando, Florida, based on an original script by Kyle Newman and F.J. DeSanto. The audio extravaganza was directed by Newman (Fanboys) and produced by Jimmy “Mac” McInerney of ForceCast.net, who whipped up over 100 sound effects and music cues, which were blasted live onstage alongside the actors to a packed audience of almost 2,000 diehard Star Wars fans!

So, set your speakers to hyperspace and buckle up for a rip-roaring, all-new Star Wars adventure – Smuggler’s Gambit — starring everyone’s favorite scoundrels Han Solo and Chewbacca! Performed in the spirit of the classic Star Wars NPR radio dramas and set in the original trilogy era, Smuggler’s Gambit tests Han and Chewie’s commitment to the cause as they venture off to reclaim their glory days, only to realize that their decision to help the Rebellion take down the Death Star was not without consequence…

You must stop what you are doing and listen to the audio now!

SFX: Have you seen the films that new Star Wars screenwriter Michael Arndt has written – Toy Story 3 and Little Miss Sunshine?

Mark Hamill: Yeah. He’s a very talented guy, very clever.

If you had your choice, where would you like to see Luke in the new films – married with kids, teaching young Jedi?

Well, it’s an interesting question. I remember when we were making the first trilogy I thought… When I realized they were gonna make the princess my sister, I said, “You know where this is headed? It’s headed for Obi-Wan territory, where I’m in a desolate hovel, as an elderly recluse.” But I’ve heard other ideas, like you say – somebody who’s training Jedi. I guess in the books he does have an offspring, but…

They’re supposedly diverging from the books.

They are? Okay… Because I had a beginning, a middle and an end. And when I finished, I never, ever dreamed that we would do any more movies. And so I really sort of let it go. You have to really physically let it go and accept that there are new prequels and novels and comic books and games. It got to the point where I could actually look at product and not even relate to the fact that I was once tangentially connected to all of that. It was that long ago. [Laughs.]

Their scripts could turn into official “Episodes” in the main Skywalker storyline, or they could form the basis for spinoffs focusing on side characters. Disney CEO Robert Iger said the goal is to release a Star Wars movie “every two to three years,” and some could focus on other pieces of the expansive mythos (similar to Marvel’s Avengers universe).