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Blip. Urk. Aaaaaah!

That wasn’t an R2 unit going boink. That was me, brain ‘sploding over the official Star Wars VII cast photo. Yeah my nerd bitches, they didn’t wait for Star Wars Day to announce. They did it today. Because they can.

So here I sit, as excited as I was for Phantom Menace. Here’s hoping that J. J. Abrams won’t do us like that.

Photo roundhouse, clockwise, from R2-D2’s right: Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, producer Bryan Burke, Lucasfilm prez Kathleen Kennedy, Domhnal Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver, writer Lawrence Kasdan, and J. J. Abrams.

Here tis, straight from StarWars.com. Feel free to freak out.

The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Director J.J. Abrams says, “We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud.”

Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.