We all knew it was inevitable, right?
Rumors that Benedict Cumberbatch will be in the new Star Wars trilogy have started I typically ignore the first run of rumors about anything like this, but the site that broke this one is not a usual rumor mill and isn't actually hedging their bets with phrases like "rumor" as they'd do if they weren't at all confident. I'm not convinced this is true, and won't be until an official announcement comes, but it could be possible. The site to which I linked is the original source on the internet as far as I can tell. There are additional rumors floating that he will be a bad guy force user for the entire trilogy, but that seems to be on slightly less firm footing.