Thoughts On J. J. Abrams Directing Star Wars Episode VII
The biggest news in Star Wars since Disney bought Lucasfilm broke early Saturday morning : J. J. Abrams, who directed the 2009 Star Trek film and this year’s sequel Star Trek Into Darkness , will direct Star Wars : Episode VII, based on a screenplay by Michael Arndt. Predictably, several people have asked me what I think of this development (including USA Today and MTV News ), so I thought I’d write a brief blog post to explain my reaction.