Star Wars Standalone News and Episode VIII

This morning, during a shareholders meeting at Disney, Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced information, officially, about the next two Star Wars movies. As reported at starwars.com, the news is really exciting.

The first standalone movie is titled Rogue One and will be starring Felicity Jones of The Theory of Everything fame. Rogue One will be directed by Gareth Edwards and written by Chris Weitz.  Gary Whitta claims that he came up with the title. The idea for the story is reported to have come from John Knoll, visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic. Rogue One is slated to be released on December 16, 2016.

It is also reported that Episode VIII of the Star Wars saga will be written and directed by Rian Johnson, and is scheduled to be released on May 26, 2017. May 26, 2017 is 40 years and a day from the release of Star Wars: A New Hope which was released May 25, 1977.

This is big news for Star Wars and Disney fans. I know I am so excited. It is nice to see Star Wars movies may be moved to a May release date moving forward. The December released date was never really a big deal for me, but I like a return to tradition.

Remember: All will be well
and
May the Force be with you.

King Buck