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kleinbl00 · 4287 days ago · link · · parent · post: J.J. Abrams Directing the New 'Star Wars': Exciting or Terrifying? - Christopher Orr - The Atlantic
See, now that's a hot plate of bullshit. The Star Wars movies have always been Kurusawa samurai films with space ships welded onto them. Star Wars is a feudal hegemony whose existence is threatened by upstart messiahs. That's not a "vision" worthy of adulation, it's a massive handicap for things that generally look totally awesome.And although George Lucas is involved in the project (the story will evidently be based on an arc he has envisioned for decades, and he will serve as "creative consultant"), his failings have typically been of execution rather than broader vision