Now that Disney owns the rights to the Star Wars franchise, it would be nice if they could release the old films to the odd independent cinema (or multiplex - I don't care). I'd love to see Empire on a big screen with the full digital sound experience. Lucasfilms/FOX held such a tight rein on those films for whatever reason. I can see Bladerunner or 2001 or most classic sci-fi films at least once a year at my local arty theatre - why not Star Wars?
As for who directs the new one?
There's a lot more to it than that - who writes, who produces, who writes the score (is John Williams still functional?) and who's going to er.. 'act' in it.
My expectations are somewhat subdued....
