I've already shown my enthusiasm for a new Star Wars installment:

... but I didn't guess that the guy who's behind the Star Trek re-boot would also get his hands on Star Wars! How lucky can one guy be!? (hears voice in head "in my experience there's no such thing as luck" - ok, thanks Obi-Wan,!)
More on this story here: [link]
...hopefully an official announcement soon.
[***EDIT*** Now confirmed: [link] ]







(Did your team win superbowl?)
And like everyone's pointing out, the lens flare. Oh God the lens flare. Lightsabers are going to be hilarious.
But I think he's up to the task if Super 8 was anything to go on.
I really hope you're right, I'm just not getting my hopes up.
Man this is gonna be great. I can't think of one bad movie that was made by JJ Abrams. The most recent movie from JJ was Super 8, which was fan-flipping-fantastic.
I totally agree with you about Super 8 - it proved he could do a movie with 'heart' and was very 'Speilberg-esque'
That being said, I think I'd like Abrams' direction. His work with Star Trek was spectacular, and if he could maintain action as well as character development, then the new SW movie will be awesome.
I do agree with you about his direction - although he's actually directed remarkably few movies. I think Super 8 was his best so far and it's probably the one that got him the job - if/when it's confirmed...