Star Trek Wars - An Inside Look with J.J. Abrams

Taking on Star Trek: Into Darkness and Star Wars: Episode VII is impressive... and confusing. Watch J.J. Abrams discuss Han Solo, Captain Kirk, Luke Skywalker, Spock, R2D2 and Benedict Cumberbatch.

CAST
JJ Abrams - John Zachary Townsend
Kathleen Kennedy - Dawn Luebbe
Michael Bezos - Bill Weeden
Concept artist - Chloe Harrison-Ach

CREW
Director - Ryan Hunter
Producers - Will Cleveland & Dylan Angell
Writer - Achilles Stamatelaky
Story by - Aleks Arcabascio
Cinematography - Dan Zimmer
Sound - Mark Broe
Camera operators - Dan Zimmer & Ryan Hunter
Art - Chloe Harrison-Ach
Editor - Gordon Mack
Associate Producer - Darren Miller

[frozenfury]

He has too much power for one man! Both Star Trek and Star Wars in his hands? It's too much!

[terralangley]

The thing that makes me mad about J.J. Abrams directing the Star Trek movies is that he has admitted that he wasn't really even a fan of it he preferred Star Wars !!! I mean he did an ok job but I would much rather watch a movie that I thought the director had some kind of passion for!

[somejackball]

that said, i'm still going to see it, maybe twice!

[somejackball]

that ship in the STID clip 'Won't Fit' had Millennium Falcon written all over it, and scene itself is right out of Star Wars

[MAMoreno]

It really seems to be the other way around: JJ is a big Star Wars fan who barely gets Trek.

[Calabyte]

Dude, none of this "Comedy Week" is. When your ad on Xbox Live for "Comedy" week is a "your mom" joke delivered by Sarah Silvermen, I don't hold high hopes for it.

[_Francis_York_Morgan]

Please cast Benedict Cumberbatch in the new Star Wars movies. Seriously, put him in a Wookiee suit for all I care, but get him on that screen.

[Tacomster]

Worf and Benedict Cumberbatch should be in the next Star Wars movie

[StripeyTF]

This video was really funny, come on guys. I really liked this. I guess it's cause the humor is only understandable by few.

[AvengerII]

Actually it made me cry because it's all so true...
It's more Dramedy than Comedy...
Or a fake documentary that really isn't fake when you think about it.

It's like the old saying -- one man's comedy is another's tragedy, or God, it's tough to be a Star Wars and Star Trek fan today!

[TheRealJuseBeats]

Not everyone has to get it. Trying to make a movie for that masses mean you sacrifice things like story and canon? As long as its pretty and has explosions then its a great movie?? Its all about greed. Aesthetically the ship and insides could have been updated but what they did was too much. You think im nitpicking. Ok take star wars what if they just got rid of the light sabers and only fought hand to hand. And Hans solo ship looked different. You would be like why change that??

[TheRealJuseBeats]

Trek fans want a movie done right. Its not hard. Number one rule. don't change things that don't need to be changed. That fixes all the problems trekkies have. All he had to do was STAY TRUE TO TREK BUT ADD MORE ACTION. Is it that hard? No need to change the ship too much. The insides look weird like engineering. The consoles lcars don't respect previous trek movies. JJ just came in and did what ever. Didn't he have trek advisors??

[Ninjacookie]

They could have done more with this, it wasn't at a good start, but it did start building up towards the end which is a big disappointment.

[orangeblue]

totally agree engineering still looked like a brewery

[Spsuperstar]

ah I like a movie crossover, ill buy that shit off the market.

[phonezman]

I agree lol Your comment was actually a lot funnier haha

[ChargeIF]

Replace "seems" by "is".

[AvengerII]

Yeah...

We officially get to see the two best-known sci-fi franchises ruined by one man within our lifetimes.

Roddenberry's lucky -- he's dead, Chris.

George Lucas is lucky -- he gets to see someone else make Star Wars movies worse than his!

[brianssolS]

That Batuu Star Wars galaxy edge Disney Hollywood Studios

[AvengerII]

So says the anime nerd that posts AMV's...