Star Wars 9 can't just revel in the past, J.J. Abrams says: "We have to go elsewhere"
Amidst all the love and joy for Star Wars: The Force Awakens , there was one common criticism: it felt kinda familiar. The slight sense of deja vu hardly ruined the fun but it did make some fans (including me) worry that the new trilogy wouldn't have much that was actually new to offer. Force Awakens and Star Wars 9 director J.J. Abrams' assuaged some of those concerns in a recent interview with the BBC (via Star Wars News Net ), speaking alongside Rogue One composer and frequent collaborator Michael Giacchino. "Well, it’s certainly something that I’m aware of now working on Episode 9 - coming back into this world after having done Episode 7," Abrams said. "I feel like we need to approach this with the same excitement that we had when we were kids, loving what these movies were. And at the same time, we have to take them places that they haven’t gone, and that’s sort of our responsibility. It’s a strange thing - Michael’s worked ...