--- description: The director responds to rumors that the Millennium Falcon is in the next Star Wars film. title: Star Wars Episode VII Director JJ Abrams Responds to Leaked Photos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.J. Abrams Asks Crew to Stop Leaking _Star Wars: Episode VII_ Photos, Drops Hint  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jun 4, 2014 4:18 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jun 4, 2014 4:18 PM CUT After leaked photos from the set of _Star Wars: Episode VII_—the first of the next three _Star Wars_ films—[surfaced on TMZ](http://www.tmz.com/2014/06/03/star-wars-episode-7-millennium-falcon-set-photos/ "undefined") Tuesday, director J.J. Abrams tweeted a plea to those on the set to stop leaking. Abrams tweeted: [pic.twitter.com/wQYfaVtwFU](http://t.co/wQYfaVtwFU "undefined") — Bad Robot (@bad\_robot) [June 4, 2014](https://twitter.com/bad%5Frobot/status/474206241603198976?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") The handwritten note read: “I wish people would stop leaking photos from Episode VII. And making ridiculous claims that the _Millennium Falcon_ is in the movie. -JJ” But Abrams could be dropping hints of his own. The photos posted Tuesday appeared to show an under-construction _Millennium Falcon_, Han Solo’s famous spaceship. And Abrams’ note looks like it’s on a Dejarik board—a holographic chess game played on the _Falcon_ in _Star Wars: A New Hope_. Does this mean we’ll get to see the _Falcon_ return in _Episode VII?_ We’ll just have to wait to find out: The film is set for release on Dec. 15, 2015. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2822478/jj-abrams-star-wars-leaked-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2822478/jj-abrams-star-wars-leaked-photos/"},"headline":"J.J. Abrams Asks Crew to Stop Leaking Star Wars: Episode VII Photos, Drops Hint","datePublished":"2014-06-04T16:18:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:12:44.694Z","description":"The director drops a hint of his own about Star Wars: Episode VII","url":"https://time.com/2822478/jj-abrams-star-wars-leaked-photos/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","J.J. Abrams"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2822478/jj-abrams-star-wars-leaked-photos/","name":"J.J. Abrams Asks Crew to Stop Leaking Star Wars: Episode VII Photos, Drops Hint"}}]}] ```