6. He May "Fix" What Isn't Broken
The new trilogy of Star Wars films were riddled with problems, and though a lot of it came down to George Lucas' inane scripting, he still couldn't help but charm us a little bit with this world we've spent so much time in, even if it was now overly awash in CGI and the best characters were nowhere to be seen. Abrams' Star Trek, meanwhile, was a super-slick, efficient exercise, but there's the problem that Abrams could become a tad overzealous and seek to enhance the Star Wars world beyond what is needed. The saturated colours of Star Trek would not suit Star Wars particularly well, and likely decisions such as replacing John Williams as the composer with his longtime collaborator Michael Giacchino would prove unsavoury with fans. Of course, Abrams is a Star Wars fan, so he
could be more reverent than this, but don't discount a director's tendency to want to impart their own stamp on a property they're adapting.