And the Star Wars episode VII director is...

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Mr Khan on 24 January 2013

Scisca said:
Ok, so now just give me the Thrawn Trilogy and you can have my moniez.

Doubtful. The most we can hope for from the film vis-a-vis Zahn's work is making Skywalker/Jade film-canon.

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TruckOSaurus on 24 January 2013

Mr Khan said:

Scisca said:
Ok, so now just give me the Thrawn Trilogy and you can have my moniez.

Doubtful. The most we can hope for from the film vis-a-vis Zahn's work is making Skywalker/Jade film-canon.

Don't crush my hopes! (Although, I know it's not realistic considering the age of Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill)

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saicho on 24 January 2013

I thought he declined... besides, it would be weird to have the same director for both Star Trek and Star Wars... it just doesn't seem right

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TeddostheFireKing on 24 January 2013

Scisca said:
Ok, so now just give me the Thrawn Trilogy and you can have my moniez.

They previously said they were making an original set of films and not relying on pre-existing stories :(

As you can probably tell by my avatar, I LOVE STAR WARS! :D the new star trek was amazing, so if JJ can work his magic on star wars too, it'll be perfect! :D

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bananaking21 on 24 January 2013

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Munkeh111 on 24 January 2013

gergroy said:

Munkeh111 said:
Entirely unconfirmed rumour, he has previously ruled it out so I definitely wouldn't count on it

yes, but the wrap is supposedly very reliable at this sort of stuff. Definitely happier with Abrams directing then Affleck, not that Affleck is neccessarily a bad director. I think he is a much better director than actor, but I don't think he has the nerd cred to do something like star wars.

Abrams would be the absolute perfect fit for this position, in my opinion.

So the thing is, his latest Star Trek was probably my 2nd favourite film possibly ever... (I had never watched any Star Trek before) I also really liked Super 8 and would definitely rank Fringe and Lost in my top 10 TV shows ever, so you could definitely call me a JJ Abrams fan {I also like Alcatraz, will watch Person of Interest as well as Revolution as soon as the latter comes to the UK!}

I also really like Star Wars, so as you can see, this is not something I want taken away from me, so I am not going to get excited until it is 100% confirmed.

It is like a Square Enix countdown, they could be announcing something amazing, but it will probably be a crappy social iOS game

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BenVTrigger on 24 January 2013

Its offical people Deadline just confirmed it

http://m.deadline.com/2013/01/j-j-abrams-to-direct-new-star-wars-movie-for-disney/

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V-r0cK on 24 January 2013

I may actually like Star Wars now that he's directing it.

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zumnupy10 on 24 January 2013

Will episode VII continue the story of Luke Skywalker after Return of the Jedi ?

I'd love if they chose another period in SW timeline. A movie based on Kotor would be amazing.

Darth Revan or the Outcast as the main protagonist.