Rumor: The 2022 'Star Wars' Film Has A Director, No Announcement Expected Until January

By: Dominic Jones

While all eyes are focused on the present and immediate future of the Star Wars franchise, with The Mandalorian being in the midst of its first season and The Rise of Skywalker coming out next month, decisions are being made behind the scenes about the more long term future of the series.  And while there have been some recent setbacks when it comes to the future of Star Wars on the silver screen, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has reportedly charted a course that we will learn about early next year.

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Rian Johnson Talks Briefly About The Timing Of Production On His 'Star Wars' Trilogy

By: Dominic Jones

With the upcoming release of his new film Knives Out, Rian Johnson (writer/director of The Last Jedi) has been doing many interviews where, of course, he's also being asked about Star Wars.  But Johnson's not just being asked to look back on The Last Jedi (and everything that came with it), he's also looking ahead at the upcoming trilogy of Star Wars films that he will be overseeing.  In an interview with The Evening Standard, Johnson addressed the question of when production would begin on those films and when we can expect to see his next non-Star Wars movie.

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Rian Johnson Gives A Brief Update On His Upcoming 'Star Wars' Trilogy

By: Dominic Jones

With his new film Knives Out hitting theaters later this year, The Last Jedi writer and director and Rian Johnson is getting ready to head back to the galaxy far, far away.  Johnson's next project is a trilogy of films in the Star Wars galaxy that he will be overseeing, directing and writing at least the first one, and will be set outside the events of the Skywalker saga.  The director gave a brief update on the trilogy while promoting Knives Out in a new interview with Observer.

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Disney Announces Release Dates For 'Star Wars' Films In 2022, 2024, And 2026

By: Dominic Jones

We finally have our first real look at the future of Star Wars on the silver screen beyond this December's Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker.  Today, in a press release covering Disney release date shake-ups following the closure of the sale of 20th Century Fox, the company announced that the next three Star Wars films will be released in 2022, 2024, and 2026.  The films will all be released in December (16th, 20th, and 18th, respectively).  No other details about the films were revealed.

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Rian Johnson Talks Briefly About His Trilogy, 'Episode IX', and More

By: Dominic Jones

Rian Johnson, the writer/director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the man behind an upcoming trilogy of films set outside the Skywalker saga, appeared at CinemaCon recently to promote his new film Knives Out.  Afterwards, he was interviewed by Josh Horowitz of MTV News about his future in the galaxy far, far away. Johnson gave a brief update on his trilogy, and spoke about his anticipation for Episode IX, as well as the series of films from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.  Check out the interview below,

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Rumor: Production Company Code Names For New Live Action Series & First Rian Johnson Trilogy Film Revealed

 By: Dominic Jones

With Episode IX and season one of The Mandalorian wrapping production last week, the first minor details about the next Star Wars productions are beginning to make their way online. Fantha Tracks is reporting that Lucasfilm and Disney recently registered the names of the companies that will be used to produce two new projects (in an effort to disguise what they're working on), one film and one TV series.  The production company code names likely don't contain clues or hints about the content of the project, they're just fun to know.

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Rumor: A Mos Eisley Movie Has Been Shelved, Still Hope For Kenobi and Fett Films

By: Dominic Jones

Yesterday it was reported that Lucasfilm was putting the whole idea of doing stand alone films, otherwise known as the A Star Wars Story series, on hold. This meant that the rumored Obi-Wan Kenobi and Boba Fett films that Stephen Daldry and James Mangold, respectively, were rumored to be working on were being shelved.  This may not be the case, according to two follow up reports that came out today, one from ABC's Clayton Sandell and one from Jason Ward over at MakingStarWars.net. 

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Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman Briefly Discuss Their New 'Star Wars' Trilogy

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By: Dominic Jones

Now that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is finally in theaters, the film's director and producer are setting their sights on their next big project: creating an all new Star Wars trilogy of films set outside the confines of the Skywalker saga.  Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman discussed the new trilogy, which was announced back in November, briefly during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, giving a brief update on where they are in the process (in a word: early).

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Rian Johnson Comments On How His New Trilogy Came To Be

By: Dominic Jones

Last month, Lucasfilm gave fans an early Christmas present when they announced that The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson would be returning to Star Wars after his film's release this December to create and all-new stand alone trilogy of films that are separate from the Skywalker saga.  Johnson is currently slated to write and direct (at least) the first film in the trilogy, but beyond that little is known about it.  Obviously, there are lots of questions.  Fortunately, Collider was able to sit down with Johnson during the recent The Last Jedi press event in LA and they asked him about how this trilogy came to be, if he was ever considered as director for Episode IX, and if he plans on directing all three of the films in his new trilogy.  Check out the video below,

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Rian Johnson Speaks Briefly About His New 'Star Wars' Trilogy

By: Dominic Jones

Two weeks ago, Lucasfilm shocked fans with the exciting announcement that The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson would be creating a new trilogy of Star Wars films set outside the main Skywalker saga.  Very little is known about the new trilogy and Johnson isn't likely to give much away about it during the promotional tour for The Last Jedi, but that won't stop people from asking him about it.  Which is exactly what someone did during the recent Mexico City The Last Jedi press event.  You can see Johnson's answer below,

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BREAKING: Rian Johnson To Kick Off New Standalone Star Wars Trilogy

By: Benjamin Hart

Whoa! Lucasfilm just dropped some huge news regarding several future Star Wars films!

According to StarWars.com, Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed this year's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is returning to that galaxy far, far away to launch a brand new standalone Star Wars film trilogy. This new trio of films will be completely separate from the numbered films of the Skywalker Saga and, as StarWars.com explains, "will introduce new characters from a corner of the galaxy that Star Wars lore has never before explored."

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