It’s common knowledge at this point that
Lost creator and
Star Trek director J.J. Abrams declined an early offer to be involved with Disney’s forthcoming
Star Wars sequel trilogy, but
a new interview in Empire Magazine reveals that Abrams was initially toying with the idea of trekking from “where no man has gone before” to “a galaxy far, far away,” and even had meetings on the matter with
Star Wars’ new overseer, Kathleen Kennedy. However, the lifelong
Star Wars fan felt strongly that he’d rather enjoy the new films from a distance.
“I quickly said that because of my loyalty to
Star Trek, and also just being a fan, I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things," Abrams told
Empire. “I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.”
The first of Disney’s
Star Wars sequels is slated to hit theaters in 2015, while Abrams’ follow-up to his 2009
Star Trek reboot, titled
Star Trek Into Darkness, will be released on May 17, 2013.
