I was actually hoping the Joss Whedon would pick this up. I love his dialog, and we all know that the dialog was quite poor in the prequels. I think with his directing, we'd again see the interesting chemistry between the characters that we saw in the original trilogy.
We just shouldn't be calling it a fact until it actually is.
"Reportedly" in hollywood means "strong rumour". "Reportedly" does not mean "Confirmed". Until Disney and (not or) J.J. Abrams confirm this themselves (through their respective PR usually), then it is just a rumour.
The more responsible news agencies are pointing out in their stories that this is not confirmed.
Hmm....
LA Times
ABC News
USA Today
Chicago Tribune
The Hollywood Reporter
Variety
Which "more responsible news agencies" were you referring?