New Star Wars writer/director for VIII and IX

[Prince-1]

Looks like JJ Abrams is set to only be directing Episode 7. It was announced today that Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick) is on board to write and direct the final two films in the new Star Wars trilogy.

Here is the link to the yahoo page:
https://movies.yahoo.com/news/star-wars-bombshell-rian-johnson-write-direct-next-181649426.html

I never saw Brick but I thought Looper was a smart Sci-Fi movie. This looks promising!!

 

[erasure fan1]

I'm a bit surprised, I really thought Abrams would direct 8 & 9. I was really looking forward to him doing the trilogy.

 

[Matt_Black]

Comedian Frank Conniff of Mystery Science Theater 3000, who's often critical of Star Wars (clearly, he must not understand his target audience), responded to this news with, "I have nothing critical to say about this. Darn it!" Or something to that effect, anyway.

 

[IndianaJones]

Last I read, he was only directing Episode 8 and was writing a treatment for Episode 9.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/20/rian-johnson-star-wars_n_5515920.html

Either way, you've got really talented peopled working on these films and that makes this guy happy.

 

[Matt_Black]

It should be noted that the Star Wars film that everyone says is the best is the one that was neither written nor directed by George Lucas.

 

[Can we go yet?]

Huh. I guess Abram will of course be involved with the other films? Just surprising. I guess it was never confirmed he would do the whole series but still.

 

[Matt_Black]

That's for the best. I don't think I could take three Star Wars movies full of lens flares.

 

[jdmdisney99]

That's for the best. I don't think I could take three Star Wars movies full of lens flares.

Did you watch the prequels? There were quite a few lens flares there as well.

Though, I agree. Star Wars seems to do its best going from one creative eye to another (original trilogy).

 

[Thrill]

Did you watch the prequels? There were quite a few lens flares there as well. Though, I agree. Star Wars seems to do its best going from one creative eye to another.

The prequels are probably not the best example... Granted, they could have been worse, but.

 

[jdmdisney99]

The prequels are probably not the best example... Granted, they could have been worse, but.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was only using the prequels as an example of lens flares. The other statement was a separate idea alluding to the OT.