Star Wars Episode VII Cast Announcement: The Best Reactions On Twitter

As soon as Lucasfilm and director J.J. Abrams announced the cast of the up-and-coming "Star Wars VII" with a classy black-and-white photo this morning, the Internet errupted in a firestorm of geeky excitement, commentary, and best of all: nerd jokes.

Since Twitter, as usual, was the main forum, we rounded up some of the best below:

1)

If someone takes a selfie in the new Star Wars movie I will personally build an actual Death Star and blow up the Earth
- samir mezrahi (@samir) April 29, 2014

2)

Shia Labufe was robbed
- Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) April 29, 2014

3)

What does the #StarWarsEpisodeVII cast announcement mean for GOP incumbents? Watch my story coming up never.
- AJ Chavar (@ajchavar) April 29, 2014

4)

Honoured to join this amazing universe and thank you for all the support ....May the force be with you #SWVII pic.twitter.com/XGs60LXPTg
- John Boyega (@JBoyega) April 29, 2014

5)

Whose girlfriend will the one new female STAR WARS cast member get to play?
- Devin Faraci (@devincf) April 29, 2014

6)

.@starwars If Jar Jar's not in it, I'm not seeing it. #IStandWithJarJar
- rob delaney (@robdelaney) April 29, 2014

7)

There's a Darth of good Star Wars humor... pic.twitter.com/2owe85cmxi
- George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 29, 2014

8)

Whoa. They also released a sneak peek behind the scenes of the new Star Wars movie. pic.twitter.com/UZmUH5Ofoi
- Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) April 29, 2014

9)

WHAT?!? RT @starwars "...with 'MTV's The Real World's' David Rainey as 'Boba Puck'"
- Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 29, 2014

10)

Honestly though, how great is it going to be when we sit down and the big yellow text comes on the screen and john williams is blasting
- Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) April 29, 2014

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