With something as hotly anticipated as Star Wars Episode VII speculation, rumours and downright lies are of course commonplace, which for sites like us that try and report on news is a big old pain in the ass.

But now we have something concrete to report upon for you. The film will finally commence shooting in May of this year and will run through until September. It has also been confirmed that most of the characters have now been cast.

Of course four and a half months does seem a little on the short side for a project of such monumental scale.

But if the shooting does manage to wrap up in September that will grant JJ Abrams around a year to play around in post product to make the film feel as close to the Original Trilogy as it possibly can, at least that’s what he says he’s aiming for. Just please hold off on the bloody lense flare this time.

Sadly that’s still pretty much all the certain information we have about one of the most secretive films in history.

We have of course heard that almost every character could make a return but so far few such rumours have been confirmed, even unofficially. They sure are keeping their mouths shut when it comes to the new films.