Okay, so we have (all in repackaged form):
Darth Vader
A Death Star
A war between the Empire and the Jedi (even though the Empire was destroyed and the Jedi killed)
Han Solo
Chewbacca
Princess Leia
C3P0
R2D2
Missing (so far)
Yoda (or some character who looks almost just like him and acts like him)
Jabba the Hutt
An Emperor (or dark Sith overlord)
Knowing this thread will be here after we have seen the movie, I want to predict right now that this next film will ape the first Star Wars Movie: A New Hope. I predict that the storyline, not the visuals, will be a re-interpretation of A New Hope with things switched around, shuffled a bit. I think there will be many many shout-outs to the original trilogy films. Props, perhaps even an alien bar scene. I think that the female character we see will follow the same sort of story arc as Luke Skywalker did in SW A New Hope. Not exactly the same, it will just remind us of that film, very strongly. I also predict that this film will break all records of previous Star Wars films, even if fans might be disappointed. The visuals will be bright, explode-y and fast paced. I think the impression will be "he overdid it" I do not know any of this will happen...just predicting.
My neighbor has already bought him and his wife a ticket. He only paid $20.00 for them, but in some places the pre-sale tickets for opening night are climbing quickly in price. Really? Do people still wait in lines at movie theaters?