So the latest news about the Star Wars Sequels is that J.J. Abrams of new Star Trek fame will be dir

So the latest news about the Star Wars Sequels is that J.J. Abrams of new Star Trek fame will be directing. I haven’t really been paying a lot of attention now to the Expanded Star Wars universe and that’s mostly because a lot of the stuff now is all about the characters that I couldn’t care less about.  I loved Star Wars when it was simply the story of Luke Skywalker - the fact that Darth Vader was his father made both Luke and Vader all the more interesting.  I know the EU writers were hampered by the fact that they couldn’t explore Vader’s past until the Prequels which were, for me, a huge disappointment when it came to Anakin’s character development.  So the movie Sequels - well, I’m just hoping it sticks to the story of Luke Skywalker, because he is still, for me, essentially the heart of Star Wars. Yes, I’m a Luke fangirl (well, fanlady now, I guess?) and proud of it!  I’d love to see Mark Hamill as old Luke but with J.J. Abrams at the helm, will we see a recasting of the iconic roles?  A new Luke, a new Leia, a new Han Solo? As long as I don’t see Justin Bieber as Luke Skywalker, I’ll be all good.  (I reserve the right to DIE of a Squee Apocalypse if Benedict Cumberbatch is cast as a Star Wars villain - a Sith Lord, even.  Fuck yeah, I’d turn to the Dark Side for THAT.)  -- source link

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