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All is forgiven.
January 24, 2013, we got the word. I didn't think it would happen. I thought it would be some up and coming director with "a vision" of where the Star Wars Universe was to go. Maybe a screenwriter or assistant to Joss Whedon on Avengers or something. You know, that same feeling you had when you heard that Chris Nolan was on board for the Batman reboot, until you saw The Dark Knight and were geeked for it again. No way Disney gets somebody like Nolan, Joss (OMFG if they got Joss), or JJ Abrams to lead the Star Wars franchise into territories we thought it would never go. Because George said it wouldn't.
BUT...
News broke today that Disney signed JJ Abrams to direct Star Wars Episode VII. I kinda dug Super 8. I really dug the Star Trek reboot, and am looking forward to the next Star Trek flick. Short of Disney signing Joss Whedon to direct a Star Wars movie, I probably couldn't be more geeked about it.
Actually, one other director would have me more geeked. If I could have two wishes, now that the JJ wish has been filled (as far as we know), here they are.
1. Joss Whedon directs Episode IX (what we assume to be the last of the trilogy of trilogies).
2. Kevin Smith directs the bridge of the final three, Episode VII.
So....is 44 too old for a midweek midnight showing? Nope. I'll be at the first showing of any and every Star Wars movie for the rest of my life. That wasn't an option, really, for Star Wars (nobody knew it would blow up like that in 1977), Empire or Jedi. But I was there for Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. I'll be there for the next three and beyond.
