J.J. Abrams responds to criticism over TFA being a rip-off of A New Hope

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coolbeans said:

nuckles87 said:
Yeah, I've never really seen an Abrams film that I LOVE. Luckily, the next two movies will be directed by Rian Johnson, who's last movie was Looper, which is a movie I liked quite a bit more than any Abrams film.

Unfortunately, Johnson's only writing/directing Episode VIII.  Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow's directing IX.  Rian Johnson will be handling the film treatment for IX though.  

Hopefully, Rian keeps Colin in line, so we don't end up with another Michael Bay Park monstrosity.