Disney CEO Confirms Release Years For ‘Star Wars Episode VIII’ And ‘IX,’ Teases More Trilogies
Star Wars: The Force Awakensopens December 18 of this year. The firstStar Warsstandalone film opens Aug 05, 2025. After that, we have a good idea of what the next few years have in store forStar Warsbut nothing is 100% set in stone. For example, though every single outlet in the world has confirmedRian Johnsonis directingStar Wars Episode VIII,along with the filmmaker himself, the company has yet to acknowledge it. And though we’ve heard there will be aStar Warsmovie every single year, only the two dates above are confirmed.
However, the long-term future ofStar Warswas recently mentioned by Disney CEOBob Iger.In a Disney shareholders report, he talked about seeing footage fromThe Force Awakens, confirmed the release years for the next two films in “this” trilogy, and failed to mention the second standalone film. There’s more, too. Read the extremely loadedStar Warssequel trilogy quote below.
Get Your Geek On(viaStar Wars Underworld) got the report, which includes this statement from Iger:
I’m almost shocked at how much information and speculation is possible in those two long sentences. Let’s run it down.
Now, of course we assume there will be moreStar WarsafterEpisode IXconcludes the Star Wars sequel trilogy (which Rian Johnson will also most likely direct). But to hear the head of the company hint at stories beyond that, and give us further confirmations of the years to expect those movies, is exciting.
As for the standalone movies, his tease about the 2016 film is curious, as is the omission of the second standalone movie for 2018.
Nevertheless, very cool stuff here. What do you get out of Bob Iger’sStar Warssequel trilogy statement?
