Just because I’m anticipating being called a spoilsport or overly-negative because reasons, I feel like briefly mentioning that THIS feels like genuine gods-honest hope to me:

I still have no real “faith” in JJ Abrams. I think he’s an average technician (at best) with deeply limited vision and terrible creative instincts. But he clearly has passion for this, and so does everyone else involved so far – even Ford. Sometimes that can override a lot. OR I’m just a sucker for puppets and model-work and monster-costumes and I’ve missed BTS reels that are something other than mocap suits and greenscreens SO. MUCH…

This might work. This might actually work.