Shortly after Disney announced its plans to continue the Star Wars saga with Episode 7, the Internet exploded with rampant speculation about who would take the reins of the biggest franchise in cinematic history. In January of 2013 Lucasfilm announced that the director of Star Trek and Mission Impossible III, J. J. Abrams, landed every directors dream job. Abrams is the logical choice to usher in a new wave of Star Wars films. He already resurrected the dormant Star Trek franchise to critical acclaim and mammoth success. A professed Star Wars fan, Abrams reinvigorated Trek by transforming the series into something akin to Star Wars. With a heavy emphasis on fun and space action, Abrams Star Trek reboot, and its sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, demonstrated definitively that Abrams knows how to direct large-scale space operas. Abrams has proven his Star Wars fan bona fides with each directorial choice hes made so far. Hes assembled a stellar cast, brought back practical effects, and tapped Lawrence Kasdan to help write the screenplay. In a recent interview, Abrams promised to make Episode 7 as emotional and authentic as possible. Given what weve seen so far, theres no reason to doubt that statement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWBGrkc360M
