Walt Disney Studios announced its upcoming movie slate today in a new press release with a few big surprises. The biggest shock is a brand new Star Wars trilogy to follow The Rise of Skywalker. Following the backlash to The Last Jedi and poor box office takings of Solo, Disney boss Bob Iger said that Star Wars movies would be taking a pause. But now the House of Mouse has announced three new Star Wars movies and their release dates.
The first new Star Wars movie releases on December 16, 2022, followed by the second on December 20, 2024, and a third on December 18, 2026.
So just what is this trilogy? Well, it's unlikely to be Episodes X, XI and XII, since The Rise of Skywalker is closing the Skywalker saga.
However, we do know that The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson and Game of Thrones show-runners David Benioff and DB Weiss are working on separate Star Wars trilogies.
Presumably, these three new films will be helmed by one group or the other and be set in another era of the
