From ROGUE ONE to EPISODE IX: A Big News Day for STAR WARS Fans!

#JurassicWorld made $500 million domestically in just 17 days.. You know what that means: Colin Trevorrow should direct #StarWarsIX! Or not.

— Richard Par (@RichTPar) June 29, 2015

So earlier today, the Walt Disney Company announced that Rogue One has officially begun filming and that Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow will helm 2019's Star Wars: Episode IX (I called it in a tweet last June! Posted it above). The announcements came during Disney's annual D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center...which is also where J.J. Abrams unveiled the second trailer for The Force Awakens at Star Wars Celebration about four months ago. Also released today was a cast photo for Rogue One, as well as a Drew Struzan-drawn poster for Episode VII that was available only to D23 attendees. Don't know if Struzan drew another illustration that will be featured as the official theatrical poster for The Force Awakens; we'll see. And FYI, September 4 (also known as "Force Friday") is the day when most of Episode VII's merchandise will be released in retail stores. I'm pondering about buying a Kylo Ren action figure to include in my Star Wars collection (I probably shouldn't have told you that— Oh well), but what I'm really looking forward to is John Williams' original music score for The Force Awakens! That probably won't be out for sale till early December though. Or maybe around Thanksgiving... Just my assumption.


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