Apparently, our new geek overlord was about as pleased about Michael Arndt and Lawrence Kasdan as everyone else:

Abrams "was flipping out when he found out that Michael and Larry were on the movie already," says Kennedy.

Well, that's encouraging.

There was some Episode VII poll awhile back, and I voted for J. J. Abrams (entirely on the strength of Star Trek, to be honest, which felt a lot more like SW than ST). I didn't actually think it would happen, but ... it has!

For the link-averse, Lawrence Kasdan of ESB and Simon Kinberg as consultants (yesssss), Kathleen Kennedy is executive producer ( Read more... )

So I've been drifting around assorted new trilogy wishlists, and before many more rumours/occasional confirmations come out, I figure, here's mine:

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Normally, I tend to ride on the fan rage bandwagon, but this news seems ... maybe not terrible to me? I don't know, maybe it helps that I dislike the prequels and a lot of the EU, but I'm feeling pretty cheerful about it. It could be awful, of course, but it might be good!

Also - it's OT era! (Ish, anyway.) And new people will be involved, so it ( Read more... )