Here's everything you need know about 'Star Wars Episode IX'
What's going to happen beyond "The Last Jedi?"
What's going to happen beyond "The Last Jedi?"
What's going to happen beyond "The Last Jedi?"
JJ Abrams began a new chapter in the Star Wars story with 2015's The Force Awakens. This new sequel trilogy will end in 2019 with Colin Trevorrow's Episode 9.
Trevorrow, who directed Jurassic World, signed on for Disney's currently untitled movie, and while we're still waiting to find out what happens in , a picture is beginning to emerge of what its follow-up will involve.
Star Wars Episode 9 release date
Episode 9 is currently scheduled for .
It's worth remembering that Disney's new Star Wars films have been subject to some serious rescheduling already. The Force Awakens slipped from a summer 2015 release to December, and The Last Jedi was originally announced for May 2017 before also settling on a winter premiere. So a delay for Episode 9 would not come as a surprise.
Filming is set to begin for the movie in .
Star Wars Episode 9 cast
There's no saying at this point which of the current Star Wars cast will survive The Last Jedi, but it'd be a shock if Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Andy Serkis (Supreme Leader Snoke) or Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) didn't make through to the final chapter.
Carrie Fisher's brother said that the late Star Wars legend would somehow return as General Leia 바카라 게임 웹사이트 possibly using Rogue One's unsettling CGI reconstruction technology 바카라 게임 웹사이트 but this has already been denied by LucasFilm president .
Star Wars Episode 9 plot
The plot for Episode 9 is still largely unknown.
One big thing we know about the movie is the impact that Carrie Fisher's death has had on Trevorrow's plans for his movie. The director broke our hearts with his confession that she was intended to be at .
"The minute she finished [shooting], she grabbed me and said, 'I'd better be at the forefront of 9,'" he told . "Because Harrison [Ford] was front and center on 7, and Mark is front and center on 8. She thought 9 would be her movie. And it would have been."
Kennedy added that they following Fisher's death, although the script had not been finalized at that point. Trevorrow has promised that Leia "will be handled with love and respect, and all of the soul that Carrie Fisher deserves."
As for Trevorrow's approach to the film, he's been paying careful attention to .
"It is extremely crucial that I understand what actual children are feeling about these stories that we're telling them," he told . "And I think it's important that I have kids, and if filmmakers don't have kids, they should go talk to them, because they don't see things the same way that we did when we were kids."
What's next for Star Wars?
Between The Last Jedi and Episode 9, the untitled Han Solo spin-off movie will debut. A third spin-off is yet to be revealed, but is expected to arrive in 2020. Kennedy has said that it should be .
Beyond that? Disney CEO Bob Iger has said that the films could continue into the 2030s.
"We've got a creative team actually thinking about what could be another decade and a half of Star Wars stories," he told students . "It's kind of mind-blowing spending an afternoon with a creative team thinking about that."
To be honest, there's no doubt in our minds that Star Wars is in it for the long haul, and that Disney will continue to be make these movies while there is still an appetite for them. On top of the spin-offs, one way or another they will push forward with the main narrative, even if the focus .
Star Wars Episode 9 trailer: When can I see it?
Not for a while, sadly. The first teaser for Episode VII: The Force Awakens went up about a year before the film came out, so don't expect Episode IX's any time sooner than summer 2018.