Star Wars Episode VII Will Be Less Secretive Than Abrams Wants, More Than Past Star Wars Films

Following the seemingly never-ending parade of secrecy and misinformation that surrounded the release of J.J. Abrams's Star Trek Into Darkness, the filmmaker acknowledged in a recent interview that he can't expect to keep absolute control over information on his upcoming Star Wars Episode VII. Still, Abrams told a British newspaper, he hopes to find a middle ground between where Disney perceives the project as being and where he's like it to be. That said, of course, there's a lot of room between the total media blackout that Abrams would like to live with and the reality of modern filmmaking. "[Star Wars has] always been a more open, fan-engaged universe than I've been used to, there'll be some sort of compromise," Abrams told The Daily Telegraph. "There's a purity in not knowing every little thing [about a story ahead of time]. We're living in a moment of instant information and a sense of entitlement to that information. I think it's nice to remember that there's nothing wrong with a sense of anticipation." Of course, even though the director says Star Wars has been open in the past, there were always stories of George Lucas going to extreme lengths to protect the secrecy of the Star Wars Episode I script, and it seems there's still a bit of that at play at Disney's Lucasfilm. "My office… I'm working on the Star Wars script today and the people in my office have covered up all my windows with black paper. I guess they wanted to make sure no one could see what I was doing," said Abrams. "It seems rather extreme."