The difference (between JJ's Star Trek and Star Wars) being that JJ had a certain amount of healthy irreverance for Star Trek. I think that might prove to be his biggest hindrance in directing Star Wars. His love for the trilogy will obviously help in giving the fans what we've been dying to see since Jedi (the original cast again, but shitloads older) but if the whole film becomes fan-service and homages, it might not be so "exciting".
Star Trek was awesome because it was like a secret remake of Star Wars and it felt like it gave a certain amount of balance to, like, the Force, after The Phantom Menace. I mean fans the world over exploded large quantaties of cum in their own faces when they saw the opening scrawl of The Phantom Menace, but then as we settled into the movie, we were like "What the fvck? We've been fvcking had! This isn't Star Wars! This is fvcking Star Trek!" What with all the politics and talking and science and blah, bah, blah. Of course Jar Jar was about as far from Star Trek that you could possibly imagine in your worst and wildest nightmares whilst holding pinheads box and shit, but that's besides the point.
So I feel like he should look towards the new to find excitement. Treat the trilogy as if it's broken (impossible, I know) and try to improve on it. Make it even more exciting. Put shit in there that will blow our minds. This is future Star Wars, now. New territory. It has to be as fresh and original as the original films were, when they came out.
No pressure.

The lens flare joke wasn't funny the first time, so why do people feel the need to regurgitate it every-time Abrams name is mention. Get some new material, internet.

the lens flares dont match star wars, he got away with it in star trek...

i dont know if he being a star wars fan is a good or bad thing, his certain distance to star trek surely was a good thing.

but if people forget, the moron that directed star trek nemesis also didnt have an idea of star trek... look what happened to that

time will tell i guess... i think i'll gamble that ep VII will be good

@nach1wan I guess the good part about him being a fan is he understands how a good or bad Star Wars movie will affect his rep.

The Bad part is, he might try to give too much to the fans. Yes he is making the film for filmwatchers, but it's probably best not to make it JUST like the original trilogy, try to make a good movie, but make it unique in it's own way.

@DarthMaul Meh...I'll say Late 2015. With all the movies coming out that Summer they will probably have it come out late...So it won't end up like John Carter.

I'm not expecting it to come out in Summer 2015. Disney already has Avengers 2 and Pirates Of The Caribbean 5 set for that summer, and adding Star Wars would be a bit overkill. I'd have it come out in the fall, or Summer 2016.

@PaulRom I can't see Disney missing out on all that summer movie loot maybe they push it to 2016.

TheDukeOfNY and MrChuff @
Exactly. I bet 90% of these lens flare posters
don't even know what a lens flare really is -.-
..and do not forget the lens flares in Thor.

egoistic guy, 'I do not like ST, so f..k you trekkers'