Agreed wholeheartedly.
[/quote]Also when Star Wars was passed over to Disney, Lucas gave them his ideas for the next three and he tossed them out in favor of his own. And yet he always talks about what a big fan he is of Star Wars, it feels very corporate and disingenuous. [/QUOTE]
To be fair, after the Prequels I probably would have tossed out anything that Lucas had given me.
Personally, I think Abrams could be a very good director and is a very good producer. It's just his reliance on 'Mystery Boxes', which are just shorthand for 'well, we'll figure it out later!' that makes him feel like a hack.