'Star Wars 7' News, Chewbacca Vs. TSA [PHOTOS]: J.J. Abrams Reveals New Details About 2015's 'Episode VII,' Filming Starts Early 2014 in London

J.J. Abrams has recently revealed some more details on the highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII film. Whether it is cast news or plotline development updates, fans of the franchise hang on every single word that comes out of the director's mouth these days. Though the villain is not known as of yet, recent events might influence that factor.

TSA might as well stand for "The Sith Alliance" after last week's interaction with actor Peter Mayhew, who portrayed Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy. Mayhew had his one-of-a-kind lightsaber cane confiscated by the TSA due to its size. The 7-foot-2-inch actor live-tweeted the whole ordeal on his Twitter account, which eventually got the attention of American Airlines who intervened. Mayhew was let onto his flight with his special cane.

@americanair won't allow me through the airport with me cane! Can I get a retweet? twitter.com/TheWookieeRoar...

— Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) June 3, 2013

Magic words to TSA are not "please" or "thank you".. It's "Twitter".. cane released to go home.. twitter.com/TheWookieeRoar... — Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) June 3, 2013

Keeping with tradition, the next Star Wars chapters will be filmed in London. This is not a factor that director Abrams is too happy about, but he is willing to move his family from Hollywood in order to work on the film. Perhaps he will have some trouble with the TSA, too?

"We are, most likely, if all goes as planned, going to be moving to London at the end of the year for the 'Star Wars' movie," Abrams said a recent conference for film producers in Los Angeles over the weekend. "It is so massive and so important to people. I think the key to moving forward on something like this is honoring but not revering what came before."