{"id":7360,"date":"2013-01-31T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T23:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/?p=7360"},"modified":"2013-01-31T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T23:47:45","slug":"j-j-abrams-explains-that-star-wars-is-all-about-the-mystery-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=7360","title":{"rendered":"J.J. Abrams explains that Star Wars is all about the “Mystery Box”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now that it all seems to have been widely accepted, J.J. Abrams<\/strong> is directing Star Wars Episode VII<\/strong>, <\/em>and from what we can tell, he was hand picked for this.<\/em>\u00a0However, it seems the biggest worry on\u00a0everyone’s\u00a0mind is, how will he tackle the story? People who know Abrams’<\/strong> style know that its all about the mysteries, and whether or not \u00a0he’ll bring that love for mysteries to the universe George Lucas<\/strong> built is up in the air.<\/p>\n

But thanks to the wonders of the internet, we have this clip from his 2007 Ted talk<\/strong>, posted on Reddit yesterday,<\/a>\u00a0that shows Abrams arguing that Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> was always about the “mystery box” because it can maintain the films suspense by naturally withholding key and vital information from the audience, I’m looking directly at you Darth Vader<\/strong>.<\/p>\n