{"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":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/JJAbrams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/JJAbrams.jpg\" alt=\"JJAbrams\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>At least <strong>Star Trek <\/strong>got two films out of him!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/rianjohnson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/rianjohnson-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"rianjohnson\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Numerous sources are reporting that J.J. Abrams will be one and done when it comes the new <strong>Star Wars <\/strong>trilogy, and that he will be handing the reins over to Rian Johnson starting with <strong>Episode VIII<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The only question is what will be the extent of Johnson involvement. Both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2014\/06\/star-wars-rian-johnson-director-next-two-movies\/\">Deadline<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/rian-johnson-to-write-and-direct-star-wars-8-but-not-9\/\">The Wrap <\/a>say that he will be writing and directing <strong>Episode VIII <\/strong>and a treatment for <strong>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<p>While I do have to say that I loved Johnson&#8217;s <strong>Looper<\/strong>, the one concern I have about this is that Johnson&#8217;s typical tone is a bit darker than what you&#8217;d expect from a <strong>Star Wars\u00a0<\/strong>film. I don&#8217;t know if this means that future episodes will be darker or that Johnson will be adapting his style to fit.<\/p>\n<p>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 <strong>The Empire Strikes Back<\/strong>, it also gave us <strong>Return of the Jedi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More on this as it develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Abrams will be handing over the reins to another director for Episode VIII and Episode IX<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/20\/j-j-abrams-not-doing-full-star-wars-trilogy\/\" title=\"J.J. 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