Hey, it's me. said:

imperialscum said:

Well Disney will sure make it as good as possible. But that "good" is defined by today's mainstream expectations (which does not reflect mine).

I could be wrong. Maybe the films will be good after all.

I understand your doubts. But JJ aside, the likes of Arndt, Kasdan, Kinberg et al are reasons for optimism. And they're all massive fans. As for JJ? he will probably get the best script and screenplay he's ever had to work with from Arndt. It's going to be interesting to see what he does with it.

Ep7 will (hopefully) be JJ making a 1977 Lucas movie in the same way Super 8 was JJ making a 1977 Spielberg movie. I haven't rewatched it since the theater, but I'll have to do so one of these days. The trailer was on a blu-ray I was watching the other day. Some of the shots really jumped out at me as "wow, those literally look like they could've been straight out of Close Encounters."

If he can do the same thing with Ep7 (simply replace "Close Encounters" with "Star Wars '77"), we'll be in good shape.