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Despite repeatedly saying that he would not direct Star Wars Episode VII: Absolutely Nothing to Do With Thrawn, Sorry , it was surprisingly announced yesterday that J.J. Abrams would, in fact, be directing the movie . "Okay, George. So the main bad guy is a billowing cloud of black smoke and Luke has to defeat him by running around the corner and sticking a plug in the ground." "Fine, but only if Jar-Jar's kids are in it. One of them can be a Jedi with dual-wielding lightsabres which he comically uses to smash up the scenery whenever the pace slackens." "Deal." Abrams had previously ruled himself out of contention, citing both his commitment to the new Star Trek movies for Paramount (Abrams's second Star Trek movie, Into Darkness , is out this year) and his overwhelming fandom of the Star Wars franchise preventing him from approaching a new film with the necessary detachment. Clearly these issues have been overcome, with Abrams agreeing to prod...

The identity of the villain in the twelfth Star Trek movie has been revealed. Until now we knew that Benedict Cumberbatch (aka Sherlock Holmes aka Smaug) was playing him, but nothing else. I'm not going to say who it is here, but a quick trip to TrekMovie.com will answer your curiosity (you can also hold your mouse over the above picture to get the answer). There's also a couple of other interesting tidbits about the film on TrekMovie as well. The twelfth Trek movie - which will neither be called Star Trek XII nor Star Trek II - is in the final weeks of shooting and will hit cinemas in early 2013.