{"id":34122,"date":"2014-06-20T16:18:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=34122"},"modified":"2016-02-09T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T21:40:56","slug":"j-j-abrams-not-doing-full-star-wars-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/20\/j-j-abrams-not-doing-full-star-wars-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"J.J. Abrams Not Doing Full STAR WARS Trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JJAbrams\"<\/a>At least Star Trek <\/strong>got two films out of him!<\/p>\n

\"rianjohnson\"<\/a>Numerous sources are reporting that J.J. Abrams will be one and done when it comes the new Star Wars <\/strong>trilogy, and that he will be handing the reins over to Rian Johnson starting with Episode VIII<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The only question is what will be the extent of Johnson involvement. Both Deadline<\/a> and The Wrap <\/a>say that he will be writing and directing Episode VIII <\/strong>and a treatment for Episode IX<\/strong>. Deadline says Johnson will also be directing the latter movie, while The Wrap says he will only be writing it.<\/p>\n

While I do have to say that I loved Johnson’s Looper<\/strong>, the one concern I have about this is that Johnson’s typical tone is a bit darker than what you’d expect from a Star Wars\u00a0<\/strong>film. I don’t know if this means that future episodes will be darker or that Johnson will be adapting his style to fit.<\/p>\n

Even though Johnson is a skilled and talented director, the fact that Abrams is doing all the films is a bit disappointing. While changing directors mid-stream in the Original Trilogy did give us The Empire Strikes Back<\/strong>, it also gave us Return of the Jedi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

More on this as it develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abrams will be handing over the reins to another director for Episode VIII and Episode IX<\/div>\n

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