Star Wars : A New Story

Is It Truly The Last Jedi?

This may be the greatest time to be alive as a Star Wars fan. First off, the newest entry in the Star Wars saga will soon hit the big screen. And with tickets already being sold, the movie is on route to break some major box office records. 

The camaraderie around this fictional universe has never been more passionate or more universal. It's a story line the entire family can find themselves glued to and relate to despite it being heavily market to kids. But although George Lucas claimed the movies were for kids, Disney know their audience, which is why the adult fans have also seen merch aimed towards them. And so you now have a product that not only gets the attention of all ages, but there doesn't seem to be any end to the Star Wars celebration. 

Whenever we seem to have a lull in Star Wars related news a new teaser keeps us cheering for more. For instance, it seemed like right when the excitement for the newly released trailer for Star Wars The Last Jedi began to plateau, we were then reminded of the Han Solo movie. And what better way to get our attention the having Ron Howard himself tease the movie by announcing the title in a video. What is now Solo: A Star Wars Story had people begging to see or hear more about the movie. Thankfully it hasn't been long and, well we still haven't seen anything from the Han Solo movie, but a new announcement has everyone speculating. 

There will be a new Star Wars film trilogy, and this is what we know so far :

-  Rian Johnson will write and direct the first of the trilogy

-  This will share the same universe but will be completely separate from the Skywalker story line, exploring new planets and characters never before seen on screen

-  Rian Johnson will seemingly be given creative freedom on the project

Ok, so we don't know much at all other then it being knew and managed by Rian Johnson, the director of Star Wars The Last Jedi. But it's good to see that they respect his work to such an extent that they plan to give him a whole new world to shape to his liking. In fact the president of Lucasfilm made a statement saying :

'He’s a creative force, and watching him craft 'The Last Jedi' from start to finish was one of the great joys of my career. Rian will do amazing things with the blank canvas of this new trilogy,' Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, said in a statement."

It's exciting to speculate exactly what this can be, and it's even more exciting to think that this could be like nothing we've seen before. But the announcements don't end there. On the same day it was also announce that a live-action TV series based in the Star Wars universe is in the works. Unfortunately even less is known about this announcement, but with Game of Thrones ending, and some speculating that season 9 might be Walking Dead's last season, this TV series could be big.


What about you? Are you excited, or would you rather see Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi first before you begin jumping up and down?