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JJ Abrams admits the new Star Wars is a rip-off
About film's lack of originality:
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"I can understand that someone might say, 'Oh, it's a complete rip-off!' " he says, adding, "What was important for me was introducing brand new characters using relationships that were embracing the history that we know to tell a story that is new — to go backwards to go forwards."
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On not coming back for Episode VIII:
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As to what lies ahead for the Star Wars series, Abrams reveals that he did have the opportunity to stay on the series for future installments, but demurred. "I realized when I was working on [The Force Awakens], the amount of energy that was required to tell the story, and do it justice, knowing when Episode VIII would start shooting, there was no way — if I wanted to still have my children talk to me in my old age — that doing that would make any sense," he says. "If The Force Awakens worked, it was the perfect place to say, 'I got to make a Star Wars movie,' and not be a greedy bastard. If it didn't work, no-one would want me doing it anyway."
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Source: THR
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