Lawrence Kasdan got me in. He penned My favorite(Empire strikes back) of the original trilogy.
And of course like I mentioned earlier, Williams also sucks me in.
I'm concerned about Abrahms but not due to his actual direction. His effects sure. However, I doubt he'll manage to mangle star wars more than Lucas did. Politics was an awful route to emphasize for the prequels. The only redeeming factor funnily enough ARE the clone troopers IMO.
The 2002 Clone wars Animated shorts were amazing and many of the best written episodes of the 2009 Clone wars CGI series revolve around the clone troopers and their various thoughts, desires, struggles ect...They weren't mindless, blind soldiers, they were portrayed very human. Of course there is also other media such as Republic commando, which did an excellent job making clones in the form of commandos, humorous and likeable.
I doubt he can do worse than his Trek Reboot which had absolutely nothing to do with what Star trek was about(Discovery, commentary, Religion, politics vs LENS FLARE EBIL SHIP BOOM). Trek had its fair share of emphasis on conflict from time to time but Jesus.