'Star Wars 7' News, Leonardo DiCaprio [VIDEOS]: 'Great Gatsby' Actor Excited for 'Episode VII,' Looking to Join Cast? J.J. Abrams Talks Spin-Offs

Would casting Leonardo DiCaprio in Star Wars: Episode VII be a good move? Well, the talented actor has officially shown some interest in getting involved in the project! He revelaed that he is excited for J.J. Abrams' take on the franchise and admitted that he is a "huge fan" of Star Wars. Along with this new "episode," a number of Star Wars spin-offs will be in the works over the next few years. Does J.J. have his hands in any of these projects?

Here is a brief interview with J.J. Abrams addressing the spin-offs:

Abrams' friend and colleague on the Star Trek films, Simon Pegg, recently sat down with Total Film to talk about J.J.'s role in the new Star Wars world:

What will he bring to the franchise? Everything that was missing from the last three. That's what he did to Star Trek, really - invigorate it with a little bit of Star Wars magic. He switched it from science-fiction to science-fantasy. And I think if anyone can pull [Star Wars] out of the mire, it's J.J. He'll bring the fun back. Lucas seemed to misread what made the first ones great, and concentrate on things that people didn't really care about, or wilfully ignore the things that people cared about. Whereas J.J. will embrace them all. We're going to see the Millennium Falcon again. We're going to see those characters again. All the things that we loved about the first three, we will see again. 

An interesting casting rumor that will surely start after this interview gets around, is that of Leonardo DiCaprio. The Great Gatsby star recently told MTV News that he is a "huge fan" of Star Wars and that he is excited to see what Abrams does with the next chapter. He also mentioned that he would be interested in getting involved with the project as well!