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While Johnson didn’t say anything about Star Wars and hasn’t responded to fan comments or press inquiries, the YouTube embed below — of Scott Glenn as Alan Sheppard in The Right Stuff — certainly suggests that Johnson believes himself to be embarking on a journey that he wants to be sure he’ll get right.
Adult language in this embed, folks, so you’re warned.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) June 20, 2014
No word yet on when Disney might confirm or deny the reports, although if most fans and reporters start to believe that Johnson’s tweet constitutes a confirmation, it might be anticlimactic to wait any longer than next month’s Comic Con International: San Diego.
Star Wars Episode VII, directed by J.J. Abrams, is due in theaters in December 2015.