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When he directedStar WarsandStar Trekmovies , J.J. Abrams repeated his regretful story gimmick : he love to fluff up intact planets in his sci - fi smash hit flick . Abrams boasts the unique distinction of being the only music director to helm picture show from Hollywood ’s two heavy outer space franchise . He take up withStar Trekin 2009 and its 2013 sequel , Star Trek Into Darkness , before launching Disney ’s sequel trilogy withStar war : The Force Awakensin 2015 and concluding the entire Skywalker saga with 2019’sStar war : The ascent of Skywalker .
Abrams is a celebrated screenwriter as well as a music director so he was the driving force of how , in the plot of all four of his sci - fi motion-picture show , Abrams either destroy whole planets or the annihilation of worlds was a tragedy either the bunch of Captain James T. Kirk ’s ( Chris Pine ) StarshipEnterpriseor the Resistance lead by Rey ( Daisy Ridley ) sought to forestall . In fact , the wanton destruction of astronomic proportions in Abrams’Star WarsandStar Trekis staggering . TheStar Trekmovie franchise - especiallyStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home , Star Trek Generations , andStar Trek : First Contact- sure enough dealt with menace to entire planets , including Earth . But besides the Genesis Planet ’s wipeout inStar Trek III : The Search for Spock , theEnterprisecrews moderate byWilliam Shatner ’s Captain Kirkand Patrick Stewart ’s Captain Jean - Luc Picard always saved the day - especially if the planet contained billions of habitant . But that all changed when Abrams hold over theStar Trekmovie franchise .
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InStar Trek2009 , Abrams destroyed two major planet in two unlike timelines : Romulus was consumed by its sun going supernova in the Prime timeline , which led toSpock ( Leonard Nimoy)and the villainous Nero ( Eric Bana ) time - travel 25 long time into the past and creating the alternate Kelvin timeline . In this Modern reality , Nero sought retaliation for the end of his world by destroying Spock ’s . By the midpoint ofStar Trek , the satellite Vulcan exploded , down zillion of mass , thanks to Nero . In the continuation , Star Trek Into Darkness , the baddie , Admiral Marcus ( Peter Weller ) plan to launch 70 quantum hoagy at Qo’noS , the Klingon homeworld . Marcus ' aim wasKhan Noonien Singh(Benedict Cumberbatch ) , but the deranged Admiral was well-chosen to annihilate the Klingons ' major planet just to down one man . Not to mention thatStar Trek Into Darknessbegan withSpock ( Zachary Quinto)saving the planet Nibiru from a volcanic cataclysm that would have destroyed the world .
When Abrams moved on to directStar Wars , he actually escalate his satellite - toss off desires : InThe Force Awakens , Starkiller Basewas Abrams ' new superweapon that eclipsed the Death Star . The First Order raise Starkiller Base ’s Lord’s Day - power lasers at the Hosnian system , which ruin no less than five planets at the same time . Abrams was n’t done either ; sinceStarkiller Base was a planetitself , the Resistance had to destroy it before it could annihilate D’Qar , the world housing the rebel forcefulness ' headquarters . Starkiller Base ’s explosion label a grand total of six planet Abrams destroyed inThe Force Awakens .
Abrams still was n’t done and , inThe Rise of Skywalker , Emperor Palpatine ( Ian McDiarmid ) and the Sith created a brand newStar Destroyer fleet , the Final Order , with each ship absurdly arrest a planet - killing superweapon . The Final Order then kill the planet Kijimi . Had Emperor Palpatine succeed in destroying the Resistance , there ’s no tell how many more worlds he would have direct the Final Order to annihilate . George Lucas destroyed precisely one satellite - Alderaan - between his sixStar Warsmovies . Ultimately , between his fourStar WarsandStar Trekmovies , J.J. Abrams is responsible for blowing up nine planet !
Even though J.J. Abrams has affect on fromStar Trek , the fork of the director ’s penchant for world - killing continue to be felt by the enfranchisement . Romulus ' devastation was the major result that the plot ofStar Trek : Picardwas built around . Indeed , bothStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 andStar Trek : Picardseason 1 regard Starfleet Hero of Alexandria racing to relieve the galaxy after receive imagination of planets being destroyed by artificially intelligent threat . In the post - AbramsStar Trekuniverse , entire human race are now constantly in risk of being utterly put down - a on the face of it permanent mark leave behind by J.J. Abrams indulging his satellite - destruct fantasy .
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