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Disney Announces New ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff and Sequel

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Disney announces new ‘Star Wars’ spinoff and sequel in the works

Disney announces ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ release date and spinoff movie. According to reports, Disney and Lucasfilm have announced details surrounding the upcoming “Star Wars” movie at their annual shareholders meeting in San Francisco.

Rian Johnson has also been confirmed to write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII, which will hit theaters May 26, 2017.

Gareth Edwards’ upcoming standalone film, starring Felicity Jones, will be called “Rogue One.” The movie starts filming in London this summer and opens Dec. 16, 2016.

Edwards’ spinoff movie is one of two known “Star Wars” spinoffs currently in the works at Lucasfilm and Disney. It was previously reported that the director of ‘Chronicle’, Josh Trank is developing another top secret feature film.

Details surrounding the spinoff does not include how it will tie into the seventh Star Wars movie, if at all. Rumors have circulated that Edwards’ and Tranks’ movies will focus on the early days of the original characters Princess Leia and Han Solo.

J.J. Abrams-directed “Force Awakens” opens on December 18 and it will feature the original cast members Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher as well as newcomers like John Boyega and Adam Driver. It will take place 30 years after 1983’s “Return of the Jedi.”

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