Today we shockingly learned that Star Trek director J.J. Abrams will be directing Star Wars: Episode VII.
With big news like that, everyone in Hollywood was bound to react.
Gathered below are lots of tweets from those who are passionate or work in the entertainment industry. From Benedict Cumerbatch as Darth Vader theories to funny Photoshops of Abrams’ Bad Robot company logo, we’ve rounded up the greatest commentary.
Hey, everybody.What did I miss?
— Damon Lindelof (@DamonLindelof) January 24, 2013
In case you missed the announcement from earlier: Star Trek 3 will be directed by Brett Ratner.
— Matt Thornton (@BrenDerlin) January 24, 2013
Wait, can you really direct STAR TREK ~and~ STAR WARS? Doesn’t that open up some kind of nerd wormhole?
— Josh Dickey (@Variety_JLD) January 24, 2013
No matter who was given the Star Wars reigns, there would be a massive outcry by certain segments.
— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) January 24, 2013
JJ has the support of Spielberg, Kennedy, and Lucas. He will respect Lucas’ universe. Whine AFTER you see the movie.
— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) January 24, 2013
The villain in Star Wars VII is Khan.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) January 24, 2013
I am jealous of a generation of kids who get to grow up with a J.J. film as their first Star Wars movie.
— Olly Moss (@ollymoss) January 24, 2013
Though it’s weird that he’s doing both franchises, Abrams makes sense. He makes big, commercial, fun, adventurous movies. That’s STAR WARS.
— Adam Chitwood (@adamchitwood) January 24, 2013
Damn, #starwars fans and #startrek fans hsve been united eternally through the awkward discovery that JJ Abrams will be doggy doing BOTH ’em
— New Beard (@NewBeard) January 24, 2013
Leaked JJ Abrams Episode VII opening crawl image: twitpic.com/bxy5k6 (cc @burnettrm )
— Aaron Billard (@AaronBillard) January 24, 2013
Genius of the JJ Abrams Star Wars news is how they convinced us the inevitable wasn’t happening. So now we are all stunned by the obvious
— Richard Rushfield (@richardrushfield) January 24, 2013
Episode VII begins with Luke being tortured by a maniacal space dentist, then fades out and the words “36 HOURS EARLIER” fade in #jjstarwars
— Jason Snell (@jsnell) January 24, 2013
We’ve all been hoping for a next Star Wars to be AS good….but what if it’s BETTER?
— Dan Trachtenberg (@DannyTRS) January 24, 2013
Exclusive first shot of JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII… twitpic.com/622wwf
— Professor Snape (@_Snape_) January 24, 2013
WILL SAWYER BE HAN SOLO #pleaseyes #whoisjjabrams
— Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) January 24, 2013
If this is true, then J.J. Abrams is officially the annoying kid in school who got all the toys for Christmas. ALL THE TOYS.
— Darren Franich (@DarrenFranich) January 24, 2013
A headline I will write in 2014: “Benedict Cumberbatch says he’s not playing Darth Vader: Is Benedict Cumberbatch playing Darth Vader?”
— Darren Franich (@DarrenFranich) January 24, 2013
I wonder if this means Michael Giacchino will score EPISODE VII instead of John Williams.That’d be neat.#StarWars
— Matt Goldberg (@MattGoldberg) January 24, 2013
Breaking: Next Star Wars to feature plenty of close ups and lens flares! Still excited.
— Brad (@bradmiska) January 24, 2013
Has anyone checked on Matthew Vaughn?
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) January 24, 2013
Time for a logo update @bad_robot?! #StarWars #JJAbramstwitpic.com/bxybpe
— HeyUGuys Movie News (@HeyUGuys) January 24, 2013