De afwijzingen rondom de regieklus van Star Wars VII blijven maar binnenstromen. Eerder lieten Zack Snyder, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino en Matthew Vaughn al weten het niet te zien zitten een zevende Star Wars-film te regisseren. Ze hadden er ofwel geen vertrouwen in, of zagen het gewoon niet zitten. Nu kan er nog een naam aan het lijstje toegevoegd worden.

Toen J.J. Abrams om commentaar gevraagd werd, antwoordde hij dat Star Wars een van zijn favoriete films is. Maar dat hij de klus niet op zich moet nemen. Dat komt omdat hij zo'n fan is van de filmserie, en daarmee kan hij niet neutraal genoeg het project ingaan.

“Look, Star Wars is one of my favorite movies of all time. I frankly feel that – I almost feel that, in a weird way, the opportunity for whomever it is to direct that movie, it comes with the burden of being that kind of iconic movie and series. I was never a big Star Trek fan growing up, so for me, working on Star Trek didn’t have any of that, you know, almost fatal sacrilege, and so, I am looking forward more then anyone to the next iterations of Star Wars, but I believe I will be going as a paying moviegoer!”

Ook Jon Favreau werd om commentaar gevraagd. Hij reageerde neutraler.

“I think both J.J. and I come from a generation of people who formed our whole creative persona around what we experienced as kids from watching those films, and I have had the good fortune of working with George [Lucas] and around George, and whether it is doing a voice on Clone Wars, or being at the Skywalker Ranch mixing Iron Man – so I have been very happy and lucky to just experience the culture that Lucas has created, both in my own life growing up as a kid and professional – whether it was interviewing him at film festivals on stage, he is just a really wonderful, talented gifted guy who has changed the business so much, so I am just giddy, first and foremost as a fan, to see what happens with it. I think there is a lot of question marks of how they are going to do it, and who they are going to do it with, and what the story is going to be about; but to say that I am not excited about it is definitely an understatement. We’ll see.”

Een ander regisseur die genoemd is voor de film is Colin Trevorrow. Hij wilde in eerste instantie geen commentaar geven, maar deed dat op een later moment toch. Uit zijn antwoord bleek toch wel dat hij interesse heeft. Desondanks werkt hij aan een ander project, dus zou hij dat moeten laten varen om Star Wars VII te kunnen regisseren.

“I have very little to say about it. [stammering] Certainly, no specifics about whats going on behind the scenes in the selection of that person [a director]. I think that I can speak as a Star Wars fan, which is important to me. Whoever does do this movie, I think, just needs to have a fundamental understanding of why its important to us. We come from a generation who grew up with this as children, to us its almost a belief system. Its harder for people who are older or who were already teenagers when the movie came out to understand how deeply it is our mythology.And there are a bunch of incredible directors who are up for this job… I think whoever gets it will have that fundamental understanding of why Star Wars matters so much to a billion people. Its just incredible. So that’s all I can say about that. I’m equally excited about it. … that’s all you’re gonna get!”