No matter who they chose, people would complain. Even if it was George Lucas or Steven Spielberg. So, yeah, some of you are disappointed...so what? It was inevitable that a portion of the fanbase would feel that way about whomever was selected as director, in my opinion. We all have our own tastes and feeling about who is "worthy" or appropriate. And for those who want something unexpected or surprising...that's exactly what most of the fan base doesn't want. So whatever way it went, there would be unhappy people.

Personally, JJ Abrams is a very talented filmmaker that knows how to craft interesting, exciting action dramas with characters front and center. He isn't perfect--but then no director is--but as long as the guy directing the film can give it those qualities--qualities we haven't seen in a Star Wars movies in some decades now--we should all be happy. Star Trek, for example, was a pretty good movie, and certainly better than anything with the Star Wars logo on it for some time now. We all should be very, very jealous that Star Trek got something like that. Well, now it seems like we are getting that too. I refuse to see how this is a bad thing. I'm not a JJ Abrams fan per se but there is no way he could make a terrible film when it's being written by Michale Arndt from a George Lucas story. Maybe not the best film ever made, but it will take a serious effort of failure for this to turn out as bad as anything George Lucas has made since 1989. Sorry George, it's true.