Star Wars: The Force Awakens

JJ Abrams' movie focuses on the hunt for Luke Skywalker after an opening scene in which the ageing Jedi Knight's severed hand, complete with lightsaber, tumbles through space and is found on a desert planet by two young adventurers. The pair, played by Britain's Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, recognise the weapon as a Jedi weapon and set out to return it to its rightful owner.
According to the site: "Their quest takes them off world, and they meet up with Han Solo and Chewbacca, who aren't flying around in the Millennium Falcon anymore … Han and Chewie recognise the lightsaber as Luke's, and they say they haven't seen their friend in thirty years, since the events of Return of the Jedi.
"So begins a quest to find the missing Jedi Master. Meanwhile, on an ice planet, nefarious forces are building a super weapon, one capable of destroying not planets but entire solar systems … "

JJ Abrams' movie focuses on the hunt for Luke Skywalker after an opening scene in which the ageing Jedi Knight's severed hand, complete with lightsaber, tumbles through space and is found on a desert planet by two young adventurers. The pair, played by Britain's Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, recognise the weapon as a Jedi weapon and set out to return it to its rightful owner.
According to the site: "Their quest takes them off world, and they meet up with Han Solo and Chewbacca, who aren't flying around in the Millennium Falcon anymore … Han and Chewie recognise the lightsaber as Luke's, and they say they haven't seen their friend in thirty years, since the events of Return of the Jedi.
"So begins a quest to find the missing Jedi Master. Meanwhile, on an ice planet, nefarious forces are building a super weapon, one capable of destroying not planets but entire solar systems … "

Luke's hand tumbling through space

Luke's hand tumbling through space

...gain altitude, make it into space and then land on another inhabited planet?

...gain altitude, make it into space and then land on another inhabited planet?

Is the whole "some kids find Luke's hand in the middle of nowhere and just happen to bump into Han and Chewbacca who recognize their friend's severed limb after it spent thirty years floating around in space" plot confirmed or just a rumor? Even in series that has laser swords, 900 year old Muppets, and slug/toad hybrid crime lords that sounds rather ridiculous.

Is the whole "some kids find Luke's hand in the middle of nowhere and just happen to bump into Han and Chewbacca who recognize their friend's severed limb after it spent thirty years floating around in space" plot confirmed or just a rumor? Even in series that has laser swords, 900 year old Muppets, and slug/toad hybrid crime lords that sounds rather ridiculous.