The more posts I read the more excited I am to see it, literally had no idea they were planning other movies. Getting the movies away from George Lucas was really the best thing they ever did, which is so bizarre that he created them but ended up really being just a terrible director and writer. Plus I'm assuming they can make the "spinoff" movies a bit darker and grittier.
Wow, I am surprised reading this from you. I agree totally, which is kind of disturbing.
Princess Leia is pretty much useless at this point. Would've been much cooler if she had stolen the plans...IMO.
Then they would of had to recast Leia and that would of been a disaster.