J.J. Abrams said he received inspiration from many places when it came to making the upcoming "Star Trek" film, but it seemed none was as great as the influence of George Lucas.

In a new interview with Empire magazine, courtesy of TrekMovie, Abrams said that as he was piecing together the story and pace of "Star Trek XI," he wanted to make sure that some of the elements that made the six Star Wars movie a success were incorporated into his film.

Of course, some might call that blasphemy.

"Star Wars was always full of action," Abrams told the magazine. "If I had one criticism of the original Star Trek, it's that the show was often a lot of discussion about things that were happening and not a lot of action depicting it. That needed to change."

Makes sense, since Kirk was more fire phasers first and ask questions later.

"We looked at the ships, the feeling of battle and action and fights and all the stuff that makes a movie like this so exciting. It all needed to be done in a way that people had never seen before, and certainly never in a Star Trek movie.

Star Trek has had some of the more popular space battles in cinematic history (who can forget the blindfolded nebula fight between Kirk and Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"?), but if someone was told to think quick about a great space battle, they likely will remember something from Star Wars first.

Another thing helping Star Wars, however, is that despite all the games, books and other ancillary stories of the franchise, the Star Wars brand is still solid. And Abrams wants the same for Star Trek.

"When you say 'Star Trek,' to some people it means 'Deep Space Nine.' To others, it's 'Next Generation' or 'Enterprise' or the original series or the films," he said. "It's become this kind of diffused, slightly confused title, and I don't think people really know what Star Trek is anymore. What this movie is doing, I hope, is focusing the concept, not rethinking it.

"At the same time, though, anyone who thinks they have seen it all before, who thinks they know what Trek is, they're in for a surprise when they see this movie."

That surprise is waiting for you next May when "Star Trek" premieres in theaters around the world.

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