When Colin Trevorrow left Star Wars: Episode IX, fans wondered if Last Jedidirector Rian Johnson would be taking his place. He didn’t, but that’s apparently because instead he’s working on three new Star Wars movies that are wilder than anyone could have possibly imagined.
The news was announced by Disney CEO Bob Iger during an conference call discussing Disney’s financial year of 2017, Johnson will develop the trio of films in an undisclosed time period, but presumably for sometime after the current trilogy of movies concludes in 2019. An official statement was then quickly posted confirming the news, and that Johnson’s trilogy—being produced with Ram Bergman—will be separate from the Skywalker Saga of the prequel, original, and sequel trilogies, and will “introduce new characters from a corner of the galaxy that Star Wars lore has never before explored.”
Alongside the trilogy of movies, Iger also confirmed that a live action Star WarsTV series was currently being developed by Disney, and will exclusively premiere through Disney’s planned streaming service, set to launch in 2019. It was previously confirmed that the Star Wars movies would be leaving Netflix and other streaming services to find a new home on Disney’s in-development platform, but now they will be joined by an exclusive live-action venture. The service is set to launch in 2019, but a date for the Star Wars TV series was not revealed.
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