The news appears to be official -and soon, nerds may be arguing “You got your ‘Trek’ in my ‘Star Wars’” and “You got your ‘Star Wars’ in my ‘Trek’.”

That’s right, for the first time ever, one person will be a common link between George Lucas’ galaxy far, far away and Gene Rodenberry’s “’Wagon Train’ to the stars.” None other than JJ Abrams himself – an unabashed child of late-Seventies pop culture who often said he preferred “Wars” to “Trek” when he landed the cherished job of re-launching the USS Enterprise – is in talks to direct Episode VII, one of the eagerly-anticipated upcoming sequels from Disney.

According to multiple sources, Abrams is negotiating to direct the first film in the “Star Wars” trilogy, rumored to involve some combination of original stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford and catch up with their characters decades after “Return of the Jedi” seemingly ended their tale on a happy note dancing around an Ewok campfire.

After purchasing George Lucas’ Lucasfilm for $4 billion late last year, Disney has been lining up projects faster than Han Solo can do the Kessel Run. Already, “Toy Story 3” writer Michael Arndt has been hard at work on the script for the new film, and ”Watchmen” filmmaker Zack Snyder was rumored to perhaps be making a parallel film based loosely on “The Seven Samurai.”

Wherever all this is headed, it is tantalizing to think that for some period of time, the same man could be overseeing “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” – undoubtedly the two most popular science-fiction franchises since the second half of the Twentieth Century. Although crossovers would appear to be an impossibility because the films are made by different studios, Abrams is an unabashed fan of Easter Eggs and fan-baiting, so it seems likely that he’ll cross his streams a bit – and any references would then become canon, which means the two universes would co-exist in each other’s eyes, which would pretty much make every geek’s head simultaneously explode.

Mr. Abrams, we wish you the best – you’re stepping into some mighty big shoes. And a little tip: If you bring Jar-Jar Binks on screen and then kill him in the first scene, you’ll win over all the haters in a heartbeat.