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Anchorhead
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Why the future SW films concern me
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14-Jul-2015, 9:16 AM

Hooterdear said:

         ...there is one thing that bothers me more than anything else: inexperience.  

Here is rundown of confirmed and rumored directors for the upcoming Star Wars films:

Film

Director

Age

Directorial Debut

Number of films

VII

JJ Abrams

49

2006

4

IIX

Rian Johnson

41

2005

3

IX

Colin Trevarrow

39

2012

2

Rogue One

Gareth Edwards

40

2010

2

???

Josh Trank

31

2012

2

Han Solo

Phil Lord, Chris Miller

39

2009

4

           

There are plenty of very respected directors, preeminent in their field, who directed very successful films when they were either younger or had less experience (or both) than the directors in your example.  The films below launched careers and in some cases became standard-bearers for their genres.

Film                         Director          Year    Age      Debut       Films Prior

Jaws                        Spielberg       1975     29        1971          2

Star Wars                 Lucas            1977     33        1971          2

Taxi Driver               Scorsese       1976     34        1967          4

Night Shift                Howard          1982     28        1977          1

Do The Right Thing   Lee                1989     32        1983          3

Stand By Me             Reiner           1986     38        1984          2

Alien                        Scott             1979     41        1977          1 

Not sure about the actual point of your discussion because your examples are hollow.  If you don't think you'll like The Force Awakens, don't go see it.  I saw Phantom Menace and never bothered with the last two films or any of the SEs.  Star Wars as a franchise isn't required viewing. 

If your argument is that you're some sort of completionist who has to see everything and have it all fit together happily, then you may have a problem on your hands.  You might want to give some serious thought to making peace with a multi-format, multi-author, multi-director franchise spanning 45 years.