I Try To Push Ideas Away, And

When I Was A Kid Going Into The Movies, You Weren't Force-fed Information Everywhere You Looked About What The Movie Was Going To Be.

Approaching Any Movie With A Three In The Title You Know You Are Not Going To Get A Political Polemic. You Are Not Going To Get Some Sort Of Political Statement Or Ultra-deep Message.

And The Parents Who Knew "star Wars" Could Take Kids And Feel Like They've Gone Back To A Place That Is Familiar And Yet Found Brand-new Characters That Took Them Somewhere They'd Never Been. And It Was Important Me That We Embrace That Feeling, And You Can Call It Retro, But I Think It's What "star Wars" Is.

What's A Bigger Mystery Box Than A Movie Theater? You Go To The Theater, You're Just So Excited To See Anything - The Moment The Lights Go Down Is Often The Best Part.

I Quickly Said That, Because Of My Loyalty To 'star Trek' And Also Just Being A Fan, I Wouldn’t Even Want To Be Involved In The Next Version Of Those Things. I Declined Any Involvement Very Early On. I’d Rather Be In The Audience Not Knowing What Was Coming, Rather Than Being Involved In The Minutiae Of Making Them.