The New Star Wars Films

Despite many of us thinking that the Star Wars film series would never see another trilogy, due to George Lucas's lack of interest in filmmaking recently, Disney has made it possible. Supposedly, there will be a new Star Wars film every year, starting in 2015. They will presumably be released in 3D, and possibly even IMAX if Disney sees it fit. To much praise from fans, Disney got acclaimed director, producer, and screenwriter JJ Abrams to head the project.

Most interesting is the fact that that there will be several stand-alone films released alongside the new trilogy. It is unknown what these films will be about, but it is speculated that they will be about smaller characters in the series, such as Boba Fett.

I for one am excited for these films. JJ Abrams has proven himself to be an excellent director, with the superb Mission Impossible 3 and Star Trek to back him up. My main concern is that Abram's chronic weakness has been abandoning projects, which he has done repeatedly over the years. For example, he abandoned Lost after the first season to go make MI:3, and it now looks like he is jumping ship on the Star Trek series after he finishes Into Darkness. Hopefully he will stick with the Star Wars series for at least a full trilogy before leaving for other projects.