VIDEO : Why Is JJ Abrams Returning For ?Star Wars Episode IX??

JJ Abrams had no plans to be drawn back into the ?Star Wars? franchise after 2015?s ?The Force Awakens."
So, why did he come back to direct the upcoming ?Episode IX"?
He wanted to top himself.
In a new Rolling Stone interview Abrams said directing Episode IX "felt like there was a chance to do it in a way where we could go beyond...
"And do better than we did in Seven.?
Abrams stepped into direct the final film in the new trilogy after Colin Treverrow was fired from the movie in September 2017.