Rumor: Disney & Abrams Are Targeting A December Release For STAR WARS VII

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While we can debate the differences between the prequels and the original trilogy all day long (visual effects, suckage, etc.), there’s one thing all the Star Wars movies have in common: They were all released in May. Well, word on the blog is that Disney and J.J. Abrams are targeting a December 2015 release date for Star Wars: Episode VII.

Nothing is official yet, but this makes sense for a number of reasons:

• A summer 2015 release is ambitious, if not completely unrealistic given the production time frame. (Is there even a script yet?) This will give Abrams and company about seven more months to work on the picture.
• The summer of 2015 is also very, very crowded. Disney is probably content to have Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron be their big summer hit, so no need to overload the calendar.
• Unless there’s steep competition from Alvin and the Chipmunks 4, December is completely open that year. We’re used to having big Christmas blockbusters with Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Avatar. Now that we know Avatar 2 is moving to 2016, it only makes sense that a sci-fi fantasy epic like Star Wars: Episode VII fills in the massive gap.

So what do you think? Would you prefer to relive those summer evenings waiting in line for Star Wars? Or are you content with a new holiday tradition? Let me know in the comments below.