J.J. Abrams talks about how Star Wars: The Force Awakens will connect to Star Wars - Episode VIII.

Director J.J. Abrams recently did an interview with Wired and he spoke about a lot of different topics concerning his upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. A very interesting part of his interview was where he spoke about how The Force Awakens will connect to Star Wars - Episode VIII which is being directed by Rian Johnson. 

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"The script for VIII is written. I’m sure rewrites are going to be endless, like they always are. But what Larry and I did was set up certain key relationships, certain key questions, conflicts. And we knew where certain things were going. We had meetings with Rian and Ram Bergman, the producer of VIII. They were watching dailies when we were shooting our movie. We wanted them to be part of the process, to make the transition to their film as seamless as possible. I showed Rian an early cut of the movie, because I knew he was doing his rewrite and prepping. And as executive producer of VIII, I need that movie to be really good. Withholding serves no one and certainly not the fans. So we’ve been as transparent as possible. 

Rian has asked for a couple of things here and there that he needs for his story. He is an incredibly accomplished filmmaker and an incredibly strong writer. So the story he told took what we were doing and went in the direction that he felt was best but that is very much in line with what we were thinking as well. But you’re right—that will be his movie; he’s going to do it in the way he sees fit. He’s neither asking for nor does he need me to oversee the process."

It's really cool to see the level that the two directors are working together to make sure that both movies flow smoothly and compliment each other. As comforting as that is, it also reminds me that each movie will have a new director and possibly a whole new feel. That makes me a little nervous but I have faith that Disney will do everything they can to make these movies a success.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be in theaters on December 18, 2015.
Star Wars - Episode VIII will be in theaters on May 26, 2017.

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Source: Wired