‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ — Release Date & Everything Else You Need To Know 

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ is out Dec. 15 and fans are already looking ahead to ‘Episode 9’ of the saga. From the release date to how Carrie Fisher will be involved, here’s what we know about the movie!

is expected to hit theaters on Dec. 20, 2019. That’s two years after

. Principal photography will start in 2018, followed by filming. The wait is long, but it will be so worth it!

*Episode 9 was supposed to focus on Carrie Fisher. Carrie tragically died in Dec. 2016 after wrapping up filming for

had not started yet, Carrie will not be in the movie. “The minute she finished [shooting 

], she grabbed me and said, ‘I’d better be at the forefront of 

. “Because Harrison [Ford] was front and centre on 

 would be her movie. And it would have been.” Even though CGI reconstruction technology was used to feature Grand Moff Tarkin in

since actor Peter Cushing passed away in 1994, Leia will not be recreated in

. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has said Carrie will not be in the movie, making

director Colin Trevorrow was supposed to direct the movie, but he departed the project after creative differences in Sept. 2017. JJ, who directed

in a recent interview. “But when the opportunity presented itself to finish a story that we had begun with these new characters, to tell the last chapter of their story, it felt like there was a chance to do it in a way where we could go beyond, and do better than we did in

, focusing on the early years of the swashbuckling smuggler Han Solo, will be released in 2018. Alden Ehrenreich will be playing the young Han Solo. There have been talks of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Boba Fett standalone movies, but nothing is confirmed. Rian is also set to launch an entirely new trilogy in the 

HollywoodLifers, what do you think will happen in Episode 9? Let us know!

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