With The Force Awakens, Abrams is marshaling the same actors, writers, designers, and even the same composer to reanimate the characters and themes that made the original Star Wars into, well, Star Wars. It’s one of the things that invented modern superfandom. Sure, this won’t be the first time Abrams resurrects a beloved Enterprise. He has inherited the one megafranchise to rule them all. It’s clear that in addition to being one of the most gifted movie directors in the world, somehow the heir apparent to both Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Abrams is also a superfan. Those vintage 1970s Star Trek action figures aren’t just sitting there. But if you look closely (we looked closely) you will see a meticulousness to the madness: The props and tchotchkes are all dust-free and carefully arranged. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and you enter a world of memorabilia-the murderous Talky Tina doll from The Twilight Zone, rows of old VHS tapes labeled “Midnight Movies,” a Six Million Dollar Man board game, assorted Godzillas.
Step through the sleek, anonymous metal door of J.J.
