Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170110155747/@comment-25926288-20170311015928

I think they had a rough idea. I mean going by what they themselves have said, I wouldn't expect much more than that. Although for a "reboot" (always in quotation marks), it would have been wiser to have been more prepared. We shall see.

Emma, Rumple, and Regina are the previous main story folk. The rest are variable, guest star level if there's new focus. Likely due to Regina/Hook polarity, Emma as the main, and everyone going to Rumple. Technically, if you tossed out the polarity twins, then I think you'd start fresh, lol.