Star Wars Episode VII Picture Thread

The first "official" on-set photo was tweeted by Bad Robot today...





It's assumed that this at the UK set, judging by what Kathleen Kennedy is wearing.

R2-D2, it is you, it is you!

Oh wow. R2 is back? Well this film is gonna be great!

Now let's see that annoying golden butler again!

Bit of an odd photo, at least in terms of KK.

Anyway, if Artoo's back I might just be.

Are we sure this is taken from on-set?

I remain unconvinced - I don't see any lens flares.

Shooting doesn't begin until Spring of next year, so I doubt it's the set. At this point Abrams is trying to get some goodwill from the fans by buttering them up with nostalgia. He's a Hollywood executive that knows how to tell people things they think they want to hear. "It's gonna be gritty, like the original trilogy!", "it's gonna be shot on film, just like the original trilogy!", "hey, we have Lawrence Kasdan!", "look, R2 is back!", ect. Just a lot of talking, little else. Until I see something of his work on the film, I'm remaining very skeptical of what he brings to the table.

JJ is just chatting over ideas probably...."here's one, lets shoot it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it - it uses a time loop to reset the universe so I can ignore the original style and mood entirely then in the sequel I can insert gratuitous but mind numbingly inept shout outs to the fans in compensation? How about that R2????