J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII

azzkicker writes "It looks like J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars VII. From the article: 'Sources have confirmed the Star Trek Into Darkness filmmaker will helm the next Star Wars movie, the highly anticipated installment in the landmark franchise scheduled to reach theaters in 2015."

Re:Wait a second...

[dadelbunts]

Star Trek was an abomination. Being able to beam into warp destroys the Star-Trek universe worse than midichlorians ever did.

Re:Eh....alright

[imsabbel]

Sure you arent mixing up Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress?

Re:Does It Matter?

[roc97007]

I don't really care who directs it. I'm more interested in finding out if Ford, Hamill and Fisher are going to be in it. I know they're old fogies now, but frankly after the horrors that were the prequels, I'd like nothing more than Han Solo with a blaster.

They have all expressed interest, and the story idea that's been floated so far has Luke being the head of a new academy. It's possible.

Not sure if Carrie would still fit into the bikini, though.

Re:No more time travel!

[bigkahunah]

"Even though Abrams' last known direct contribution to Lost was the script to the season 3 premiere, "A Tale of Two Cities" (which he co-wrote with Damon Lindelof), and he had stopped being the main driving force behind the direction of the show as early as season 1, instead leaving Lindelof and Carlton Cuse as the showrunners, a considerable part of the (casual) audience still considers Abrams to be the man in charge of the show." http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/J.J._Abrams [wikia.com]

Re:GOOD! After Empire Lucas was batshit crazy!

[Daniel Dvorkin]

Here's a though experiment: imagine how Episodes 6, 1, 2, and 3 would have been if they had been done by the same writer and director who did Empire Strikes Back.

From the writing side, that would have been kind of difficult since Leigh Brackett died in 1978.

Re:No more time travel!

[Anonymous Coward]

El mariachi [imdb.com] was done on an estimated budget of $7000, and is arguably better than either of its sequels (Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico).