JJ Abrams to direct SW: Episode VII

[Bionicfanboy66]

Pretty much everything JJ touches turns to gold. He'll also be the first to direct ST and SW films. Looking forward to this. Hope Tom Cruise won't be anywhere in sight to screw this up.

[palitoy]

Meh, can't be no worse than the last 3 SW movies

Exactly and Disney just insured that the ball likely won't get dropped.

I've seen a lot of people just freaking out about this news and I really can't get SUPER excited about this. I am confident that Abrams is going to make a decent movie and maybe even an epic movie, but he's a very safe choice.

Kind of like when Hollywood gives the Superman franchise to the director of Batman.

[MIB41]

May you live long and prosper within the force.

[phil]

I know it's early days yet but I have no enthusiasm for more Star Wars movies.

[sprytel]

I thought "Super 8" did an excellent job mimicking Spielberg's style. I hope he takes the same approach with the new Star Wars flick, and does it as an homage to Lucas and Kirschner's work in the original trilogy.

But you know, I couldn't remember the name of "Super 8" (I knew "8mm" wasn't right...) so I had to look Abrams up on IMDB. He has such a prestigious reputation as a producer and writer, I never realized just how few things he has directed! 4 motion pictures (Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Super 8, and Mission Impossible 3). A handful of TV episodes. Really not that much of a track record as a director... which come to think of it, makes him even more like Lucas.

[acrovader]

I guess this pretty much puts the kibosh on the Micronauts movie. After he's done with SW, I doubt he'll want to pounce on another space opera (assuming the Micronauts movie follows the characters from the comic books, or much less the toys).

[Mikey]

They should get JJ Walker

[Bruce Banner]

Looks like each movie of the new trilogy will be helmed by a different director, like the classic trilogy was.

Abrams is a big SW fan, which bodes well.

[SeattleEd]

They should get JJ Walker

Totally!

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

Probably the only chance that a decent Star Wars movie could be made.

[Gorn Captain]

I must admit, I'm quietly optimistic. They could have chosen a lot worse.

[EMCE Hammer]

Don't get me wrong, I love the Trek reboot. However, I can't help but wonder if he'll do anything comparable to the Spock/Uhura dynamic he added.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Well, Star Wars already had incest mixed in there, so unless Chewie and R2 hooked up, I think we're safe.

Chris

[UnderdogDJLSW]

^maybe Leia's twins will be fuzzy...

[LonnieFisher]

I hope it's a 'time travel/alternate universe' story!!