This weekend, LucasFilm confirmed that JJ Abrams will direct the next instalment in the Star Wars saga, prompting fanatics all over the web to question the director’s use of lens flare.
Lens flare is a technique which is used in many JJ Abrams films, but most notably Star Trek. Since the announcement that the director will be taking over, videos and images have flooded the web with edited versions of the current Star Wars films, edited to include lens flare.
Source: The Verge