Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is here, attention is starting to shift towards the next chapter of the saga, with Rian Johnson stepping in to succeed J.J. Abrams as director of Star Wars: Episode VIII.
A couple of weeks ago, J.J. Abrams said that he had no regrets about handing over the reins on the next installment. However it seems he may now have had a change of heart according to his good pal Greg Gunberg, who plays Resistance pilot Snap Wexley in The Force Awakens.
“He read it and said something he never, ever says, he said: ‘It’s so good, I wish I were making it,’” Grunberg told The Washington Post. “He may have said something one time on Lost, with Damon [Lindelof, the co-creator], but I never hear him express regret like that.”
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Star Wars: Episode VIII is set for release on May 26th 2017, but we do have more Star Wars to help ease the wait, with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story set to hit on December 16th 2016.
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Originally published December 23, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
