JJ Abrams is a fine choice.
There are certain scenes in the Star Trek reboot which had Star Wars written all over it.
Kirk looks forlornly at the construction of the Enterprise at dusk = Luke Skywalker on Tatooine looking forlornly at the twin suns. In both their minds they imagine what could be out their for themselves.
The scene where Spock is being chased by the bad guys (sorry, I dont know the Star Trek universe well) and another vessel is detected. Out of nowhere, the Enterprise comes out of warp speed guns blazing. Tell me that doesnt have Millenium Falcon to the rescue of Luke's X-wing written all over it.
Abrams' main weakness to Trekkies, and it is significant, is that he doesnt know a thing about the Star Trek Universe. He knows Star Wars. He also pulls of a heck of a convincing attempt at a Spielberg movie. He understands the tone of the films and that is what was missing the most in the Prequel Trilogy. Frankly, Lucas overdid it in the prequels. I hate that he made the Galaxy so heavily populated to the point that there was a log jam of human and vehicle traffic in every corner.