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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
maybe this was the idea all along. get JJ to direct the first movie because he's really good at injecting new energy into things, but then hand it off before he inevitably fumbles it. Star Wars screwed up by doing the hand-off to that jerk kid who intentionally screws up the message during telephone game. Star Trek screwed up by not immediately picking a JJ successor. it's a delicate balance when you hire him as the fixer.
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JJ directs Force Awakens, then mail a blank check to Speilberg with Kathleen Kennedy's signature on it and a smiley face to do Ep 8 & 9. Send a separate blank check to Lawrence Kasdan to write the script. Filoni and Favreau as consultants.
It's actually not that hard to make a good trilogy.