Lucasfilm and Starwars.Com confirm Christopher Lee in STAR WARS finally

Hey folks, Harry here... I'm mere hours from taking to the air to fly to the land of Vlad and vampires and cobblestone streets, and what to my wandering eyes should finally appear, but Lucasfilm's Official Press Release (sent by a good 40 readers if there was one of them) that confirmed what we have all known for a good month now, that Christopher Lee was cast in STAR WARS EPISODE TWO. Folks, when I say confirmed, I ain't whistling 'Dixie'! So rejoice and be merry. Over at StarWars.Com we've been seeing quite a bit of fairly unknown actors being cast, so check out their sections... everyone from young Beru to Her Majesty's Alien Head Nose Picker! There are very few major characters being announced though... ie, folks with significant screen time. It is my and others' belief that Lucas is going to be announcing these characters throughout the summer and fall. Though I was hoping for a mass announcement, like they did last time out. To read their piece on Christopher 'Fucking' Lee's casting and character, CLICK HERE!!! Also... just so you know... I am continuing to get rumors about Gregory Hines... this time that he is allegedly scheduled to spend Two Weeks in the vicinity of the Fox Down Under lot.... though this is NOT confirmed. I'm continuing to await one of my chief sources' tracking of Walken and Gabriel Byrne (so far Byrne has just mentioned in interviews that he's been being talked to and that his kids want him to do it. Yo Gabe... listen to the kids!) See you folks when I return from the Czech Republic!