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J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII

Posted by samzenpus on from the man-with-a-plan dept.

azzkicker writes "It looks like J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars VII. From the article: 'Sources have confirmed the Star Trek Into Darkness filmmaker will helm the next Star Wars movie, the highly anticipated installment in the landmark franchise scheduled to reach theaters in 2015."

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  1. MTV Star Wars! by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Luke, Leia and Han are supercool heroes from a galaxy far, far away. And boy are they full of angst.

    1. Re:MTV Star Wars! by Wrexs0ul · · Score: 5, Funny

      Starring Eugene Levy as Darth Vader, the dad still trying to be cool.

      "We'll just tell your mother we used the force"

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    2. Re:MTV Star Wars! by Guppy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Funny, I thought the '09 reboot was Starfleet Academy: 90210. Gotta get my glasses fixed...

      Ah yes, "Melrose Space".

  2. Wait a second... by Daetrin · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the same person is now in charge of both the Star Wars movies and the Star Trek movies?

    I think i just felt a disturbance in the force, as if millions of fans involved in the never ending "which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek?" debates suddenly cried out in bewilderment and then their heads asploded.

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    1. Re:Wait a second... by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Funny

      I never understood why Star Wars fans were so upset with midicholrians, when the existence of such means you could potentially make a yogurt with active cultures to give you force abilities.

      "What do you want from the store honey? Dannon Light, or Dannon Dark?"

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  3. No Help by Master+Moose · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is not going to help explaining the differences to the Girlfriend when she says "Star Wars, Star Trek same thing..."

    "The Star Wars franchise had a series of movies starting a bit over 30 years ago. They are about to make some new ones. The guy who did Lost is going to direct them. . Where as Star Trek had a series of movies starting circa 30 years ago. They are now making new ones. The guy who did Lost directs them...""

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    1. Re:No Help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's the way it was written on the box.

  4. Star Trek, Star Wars... by Computer_kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next he needs to do a reboot of Stargate, then he would have worked on all of the Star+* franchises.

  5. Re:The Lens Flare!!! by darthservo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Especially with not just one, but *two* suns in the Tatooine system.

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  6. Re:Why JJ Abrams when you could get Peter Jackson? by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    Star wars 7: There is a knock at Luke's front door. A bunch of people invite themselves in and eat all his food.

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  7. Re:having just watched the Trek marathon on SyFy by tarpitcod · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please. All of that TNG crap. I wanted them to die. I wanted the scene to go like this:

    Picard> Yes, but the question is *should* we kill them?
    Data> Killing is not ethical
    Blah>
    Blah>
    Blah>
      Enterprise blown from the stars

    Enemy captain> If you're going to shoot, shoot, don't talk

  8. Re:The Lens Flare!!! by Darinbob · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's no sun! That's a lens flare!

  9. Re:Why JJ Abrams when you could get Peter Jackson? by lennier · · Score: 5, Funny

    Star wars 7: There is a knock at Luke's front door. A bunch of people invite themselves in and eat all his food.

    Far over the Endor forest green
    To Yavin IV and Tattooine
    We must arrive by hyperdrive
    And stick a fork in Palpatine...

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  10. Re:Really? by sconeu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Red October Shtanding by

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  11. An amazing coincidence! by bobdevine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it true that J.J. Abrams real name is Jar Jar?

  12. Re:No more time travel! by matunos · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as he doesn't create an alternate universe where Greedo shot first, Vader made C3P0, the Force-sensitivity is a bacterial infection, and force-ghosts got 20 years younger, we should be just fine.

  13. Re:No more time travel! by RDW · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a more accurate flowchart of Primer (and several other movies) see: http://xkcd.com/657/