ST JJ Abrams/Lawrence Kasdan as Writers

Why are they only writing this film in the main trilogy and Rian Johnson gets to write the next two? His major sci-fi writing credit is 'Looper' which I was VERY disappointed by. I know critics like it, but most critics also liked 'Gravity' which while it looked neat and Sandra Bullock is hott also was pretty boring IMO. It's cool how they make JGL look like BW, but besides for that the story is very weird and very boring. I don't trust that he has the ability to craft an epic Part 2 and Part 3. Abrams has a good track record with Sci-Fi and Kasdan obviously co-wrote TESB and ROTJ, so the shift in writing past TFA is disconcerting.

 

Before we get into the writing aspect I just want to say I loved Looper. A great grounded sci-fi movie with good characters and a good story(that's hard to come by these days). I'm very excited to see what Rian Johnson can do with the SW universe. Is Kasdan not co-writing it with him? I was under the impression he was.

 

We don't know for sure if Rian Johnson will end up writing Episode 9. At first, way back when his name was first mentioned, it was said that he may end writing and directing Episode 9. That no longer seems to be the case, as the Episode 9 director's chair has gone to somebody else.

As for Looper, I didn’t think it was a bad film, per se. I was, however, definitely expecting more from it than what was delivered. However, I think a lot of that may have been down to too much hype than anything else. Hype which I (wrongly) bought into.

 

Looper has 93% on rotten tomatoes... yeah, sorry.... I didn't like it at all. Sometimes critics hate movies I find enjoyable too though. For instance most would dislike something like 'Heavyweights', when they're missing the point. It's supposed to be a fun, silly film.

Anyway, no, Kasdan is slated to co-write the Han Solo movie. So far ONLY Rian is credited with writing Episode VIII and writing a treatment for Episode IX