The thing that scares me the most about Episode VII, VIII, and IX

he's not doing well. heard he was coughing today

John Williams is one of the GOAT. I think Zimmer is the best in the biz, though. The Inception score was phenomenal. I think it's important to the fans that Williams is able to do the score. I hope he's still hanging tough.

Han Zimmer is the far superior composer. Just look at how diverse his portfolio is. Driving Miss Daisy, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, POTC, and The Thin Red Line. Those 5 movies have only one thing in common. Hans Zimmer.

The music is going to be the best thing about the next three movies, in my opinion. When has John Williams ever screwed up? He's the best in the business. My big worry is that his grand finale will be tainted by the movies themselves.

I have already accepted that these next installments are going to be unmitigated disasters. Star wars seemed to conclude on a brilliant note through the first six episodes. I just don't see what is left. There is simply no way there will be a more epic threat than the Sith.

If a boba-fett type villain represents the main enemy, then the entire thing is a flop.

I was hoping the main fight would revolve around an evil dark side wookie tribe. (with lightsabers (red), I may add). That would have made for an amazing plot, and would have justified adding on to a story that already, in my view, had an epic, emotional, and brilliant closing.

abellsujr, it's more because of the fact that the entire story, through six episodes, was constructed, and ended, so beautifully (with the exception of the first two episodes). The giant weight of grand expectations will a death sentence. The movies may very ell be good based on their own, but when you are aware that they abolished the closure of the originally story, then you'll realize the damage.

I have very little doubt that the music will be great, and the plot, when ignoring the first six films, will be good, but the devil is in the expectations.

Let me add that I'll eat my share of crow if I'm wrong, which is a possibility.

Personally I think this new trilogy has a lot of potential based on everyone involved so far, hopefully my expectations come true.

But yeah hopefully JW is able to score the entire set.

According to the Star Wars wiki (Spoilers):

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The Thrawn Trilogy and The Truce at Bakura were the first novels to reveal that the Battle of Endor was by no means the end of the story. The destruction of the second Death Star, the loss of Darth Vader and the Emperor, and the defeat of the Imperial fleet represented a major turning point in the war, however. But immediately following the Rebel's victory, Luke Skywalker and his friends went off to defend the people of Bakura from the deadly incursions of the Ssi-ruuk invaders threatening to turn their citizens into a slave army. They were but the first, as the post-Return of the Jedi Marvel Star Wars series soon revealed that following a brief respite, the Nagai were to invade, followed on their heels by the Tof invasion. Their final defeat marked the start of the New Republic and the end of outside alien invasions until 25 ABY when the Yuuzhan Vong struck. In the interim, however, there was plenty of Imperial mopping up to do and lots of adventures.

Within five years, well over half of what was Imperial space was under the control of the New Republic. The war continued for another 15 years. The New Republic would be challenged by Imperial commanders, such as Ysanne Isard, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Admiral Daala, and Admiral Pellaeon. The New Republic would even be challenged by the Reborn Emperor—the spirit of Palpatine in a new clone body. But the New Republic would weather all these storms.

Fifteen years after the Battle of Endor Admiral Pellaeon and the other Imperial leaders realized that further military conflict with the New Republic would be fruitless. The remnants of the Imperial forces signed a peace treaty with the New Republic. The decades-long Galactic Civil War was finally over.

Also, after Jabba's death, Luke was held in high respect for deleting all the debts the Hutt posted on his unfortunate undertakers. Zorba the Hutt, Jabba's father, was furious when he heard of his son's demise. He took over Cloud City, and in the long run, posted bounties on whomever was responsible for Jabba's death, primarily Luke Skywalker and his sister, Leia Organa.

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Han Zimmer is the far superior composer. Just look at how diverse his portfolio is. Driving Miss Daisy, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, POTC, and The Thin Red Line. Those 5 movies have only one thing in common. Hans Zimmer.

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And these movies have one thing in common: John Williams.

Jaws
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Superman
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Return of the Jedi
Empire of the Sun
Home Alone
Hook
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Amistad
Saving Private Ryan
The Phantom Menace
The Patriot
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Attack of the Clones
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Revenge of the Sith
Munich

Dude, you need to stop stalking me.

ETA: Who said it was influential? I said it was great.