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Who Should Direct the New Star Wars Films?

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It was announced that Disney has bought Lucasfilm for 4.05 billion dollars. Not only that, but they have also stated that they will begin making new Star Wars films starting with Episode 7 that will be released in 2015, with new films being released every 1-3 years.

Since Lucas will no longer be attached as director for the new series it opens the door for some amazing opportunities. Who would be your favorite choice to direct the new Star Wars movies? Vote up your favorites and add any that have been missed.

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    Joss Whedon

    1964
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    Christopher Nolan

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    Brad Bird

    1957
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    Peter Jackson

    1961
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    Guillermo del Toro

    1964
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    J.J. Abrams

    1966
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    edgar wright

    added by: martin123
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    Duncan Jones

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    David Fincher

    1962
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    Alfonso Cuarón

    1961
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    Neil Blomkamp

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    Steven Spielberg

    1946
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    Rian Johnson

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    Sam Mendes

    1965
    added by: PeteBoyle
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    Spike Jonze

    1969
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    Joe Carnahan

    1969
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    James Mangold

    1963
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    Takashi Miike

    1960
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    Benh Zeitlin

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    Tom Hooper

    1972
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    Matthew Vaughn

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    Jon Favreau

    1966
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    Ridley Scott

    1937
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    Darren Aronofsky

    1969
    added by: RodMcGuinness
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    Andrew Stanton

    added by: RankeySpankey
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    Danny Boyle

    1956
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    James Cameron

    1954
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    Kevin Smith

    1970
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    Quentin Tarantino

    1963
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    John Lasseter

    1957
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    Ben Affleck

    1972
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    Terry Gilliam

    1940
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    Robert Zemeckis

    1951
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    The Wachowski Siblings

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    Sam Raimi

    1959
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    David Lynch

    1946
    added by: Loren
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    David Yates

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    Kenneth Branagh

    1960
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    John Huston

    1906
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    Zack Snyder

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    Juan J. Campanella

    1959
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    Robert Rodriguez

    1968
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    Barry Sonnenfeld

    1953
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    Tim Burton

    1958
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    George Lucas

    1944
    added by: Greg
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    Rich Moore

    1963
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    Uwe Boll

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    Barry Levinson

    1942
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    Mark Neveldine

    1973
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    Roland Emmerich

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