George Lucas' 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Ideas Not Used By Disney

In a recent interview with Cinema Blend, Star Wars creator George Lucas revealed that he provided Disney with some ideas for Episode VII when he turned over the franchise to The House of Mouse back in 2012, but it looks like none of those concepts are making it into J.J. Abrams' The Force Awakens.

"The [ideas] that I sold to Disney, they came up to the decision that they didn't really want to do those," Lucas told Cinema Blend. "So they made up their own. So it's not the ones that I originally wrote."

Do you hear that sound? It's prequel haters around the world rejoicing. Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters Dec. 18. Check out the teaser trailer below.

'Star Wars: Episode VII' Gets a Forceful Title

Star Wars: Episode VII has finished principal photography and it's going to be called The Force Awakens, a title that fits incredibly well with the Original Trilogy no matter what the naysayers are spouting out there in the Twitterverse. It's simple, it's classic and it doesn't induce groans like Attack of the Clones did when that title was announced 13 years ago. I also like that The Force is being featured in the title of a Star Wars movie for the first time. 

However, if the other two films in the new trilogy are called The Force Needs Coffee and Return of the Snooze Button, I might have some issues.

The latest chapter in the Star Wars saga opens in theaters Dec. 18, 2015. For more on The Force Awakens, head over to StarWars.com. 

'Star Wars: Episode VII' Cast Assembles

Man, what I wouldn't give to be a part of that table read. Lucasfilm and Disney have announced the cast for J.J. Abrams' forthcoming Star Wars: Episode VII, due to hit theaters worldwide on Dec. 18, 2015

Joining returning franchise mainstays Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker are John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson and Max von Sydow. The main cast joined Abrams, writer Lawrence Kasdan, producer Bryan Burk and Lucasfilm president and producer Kathleen Kennedy for a read-through of the script on Tuesday at Pinewood Studios in the U.K.

I know Driver has been hinted to be playing a villain in Episode VII, but it's otherwise difficult to predict the type of new characters we can expect in the next film. Will Lord of the Rings alum Serkis be stepping into his Gollum comfort zone as a digital character? Will Ridley play one of the Solo offspring? Such questions will hopefully be answered soon as Episode VII begins filming in the coming weeks.

With this big news coming out just days before Star Wars Day, May 4, it's a damn good time to be a geek. To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi, we've taken our first step into a larger world.