Simon Pegg has waxed lyrical on J.J. Abrams' take on Star Wars in a recent interview, claiming that "all the things we loved about the first three, we will see again."
“What will he bring to the franchise? Everything that was missing from the last three," enthuses Pegg in the latest issue of Total Film."That’s what he did to Star Trek, really – invigorate it with a little bit of Star Wars magic. He switched it from science-fiction to science-fantasy."
Pegg goes on to describe Star Wars as being in a "mire," and stresses that Abrams is the man to "pull it out."
“He’ll bring the fun back. Lucas seemed to misread what made the first ones great, and concentrate on things that people didn't really care about, or wilfully ignore the things that people cared about. Whereas J.J. will embrace them all.
“We’re going to see the Millennium Falcon again. We’re going to see those characters again. All the things that we loved about the first three, we will see again."
Pegg recently worked with Abrams on Star Trek: Into Darkness.