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The seventh installment in the iconic film saga has to rake in over $1.5 billion to be considered a success, and the load of the daunting task is weighing on Abrams, Spielberg said in a _60 Minutes_ interview. “Oh, J.J. is terrified,” Spielberg said. “There’s a lot of pressure on J.J. to start paying Disney back for, you know, the franchise they bought from George Lucas.” Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4 billion just as a new Star Wars trilogy was being planned. Spielberg also said he recommended Abrams to be the director of the latest film because “he just reminded me of a cartoon character that was so full of magnetic energy and ideas coming out of him.” _The Force Awakens_ hits theaters on Dec. 18\. Fans have already bought over $50 million in advance tickets, according to _60 Minutes_. Abrams said the highly anticipated film is “not a movie.” “It’s bigger than all of us. 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