A New Hope?

Recently there has been big news in the Star Wars world. JJ Abrams has been chosen to be the director of the next installment in the Star Wars franchise. Is this a good decision for the recent buyers of the franchise, Disney. How will the fans react; this being the first film to not be directed and overseen by George Lucas.
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With all of the controversy surrounding The Phantom Mencae, The Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith it will be interesting to see if the force is with Abrams and Disney on this. Hopefully they can breathe life into a franchise that has beaten a dead horse to the point that all that is left is a pile of glue, sticking together the discarded dreams of Star Wars fanboys.

Abrams has quite the filmography, and is very well liked in the film and television world. He recently produced a new Star Trek film with an entirely new cast, aside from a cameo by Leonard Nimoy, and the reviews and reactions were for the most part good. In my opinion, as someone who has seen Star Tek but was never a loyal fan, I thought he did a great job. But will his success in one Star carry over to another?

The newest film will take place after the events of The Return of the Jedi, and i think this is the right way to go. There is no more expanding that could be done on the side of the clone wars, and i think the only right thing to do is move forward. But the question arises, after the empire was destroyed, the Emperor and Darth  both killed, and the galaxy finally in a time of peace, what will be the next threat that the Jedi must deal with. Will the Sith be brought back to fill the role of villains, or will Abrams and the writers come up with a new threat to the galaxy, only time will tell.

As master Yoda would say, "excited, I am, for this." I think Abrams and Disney have the potential and can take this franchise in the direction it needs to go, without veering off the path of course. The tools are there, high tech cameras, CGI, and a pool of some of the best actors to date can make this film one of the great ones. My hope is that they don't fall for the dark side and make the same mistakes the aforementioned three did, I.e comic relief in the form of Jar Jar Binks, a story line that is both predictable and at the same time confusing, and the casting aside of emotional character connections and life lessons for the flair of space battles and flashy light saber fights.