To be fair, the problems with Into Darkness stem from the script and not from Abrams' direction. That's why I hope this rumor of Orci/Kurtzman and maybe even Lindelof working on the Ep7 script aren't true. These people have already been involved in just about every other big genre property of the last several years. Adding Star Wars to the list because their friend happened to get the directing gig would just be greedy.

ETA: SilverWook beat me to it.

Also,

Ryan McAvoy, that's exactly what I've been thinking for years now! Someone finally said it!