That would be "geek," please, not 'Nerd.'
My hubby is far more knowledgeable about the Star Wars universe than I; we're both somewhat skeptical about Disney's inevitable betrayal of All Things Canon. The very fact that Lucas is out of the picture is a relief- the movies were getting to be unbearable with the stilted dialogue, wooden acting, ridiculous and unnecessary pseudo-science (the Force, being explained by the presence of midi-chlorians? Did he really think we wouldn't recognize the correlation between midi-chlorians and mitochondria? REALLY? t's almost as insulting as "Unobtainium." /rant over)
I'm hoping it will be good, but I do have to say that I'm concerned they'll give it shades of Pirates of the Caribbean (iiiiinnnnn SSSSSSPAAAAAACCCCEEE!)