Star Wars Episode VIII Adds An Unusual Suspect?

A week or so back, Guardians Of The Galaxy actor, Benicio Del Toro, pretty much confirmed that he's snatched up an important role in Rian Johnson's Star Wars - Episode VIII. He said that he's signed on to play the films lead villain. Now, that led to some speculation that Adam Driver's villain in this years The Force Awakens, must not survive, which kind of left me in a bit of a shit mood.
Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to see Benicio play a big villain in Star Wars, seeing as he missed out on playing Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness a few years back. In saying that, I don't want us to loose Kylo Ren too quickly like with the demise of Phantom Menace villain, Darth Maul. He was made out to be this bad ass and could've been the Vader of the prequels. I assumed Driver's Kylo Ren was going to be the Vader of the sequels but possibly not now. So here's hoping the same doesn't go with Ren.

THAT WAS LAST WEEK.....
THIS WEEK, I.E. TODAY, DEL TORO TELLS US THIS....

Benicio Del Toro, who only last week or so said he was confident he was signing on and then he said he had and that he was playing the LEAD VILLAIN in Episode VIII, which is set to begin filming later this month, if not already started filming, in Ireland with Mark Hamill, Oscar Issac and John Boyega to be the only actors so far to be confirmed to return for further sequel, MAY not be playing the LEAD VILLAIN in the next sequel. He's still saying he's in the film, but his character may or may not be a villain. He says it's how some people read the scripts and understanding, etc. Some people are kept in the dark with some things, so YES, Del Toro could still be playing the lead villain or a villain or some sort, but maybe his role is kept a secret or underwraps slightly for now, again, only time will tell. All we as fans can do is guess and start theories and shit.