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J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars: Episode IX; Premiere Date Pushed To December 2019 (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the musical-chair dept.

A week after Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow was ousted from the Star Wars: Episode IX director's chair, a familiar face has stepped in to replace him: J.J. Abrams, the man responsible for successfully rebooting the new trilogy in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. From a report: Disney just pushed back the release of Star Wars: Episode IX from May 2019 to December 2019, Deadline reports. The news comes after an announcement today that J.J. Abrams is taking over from Colin Trevorrow as director of the movie. Episode IX, originally slated to premiere on May 24th, 2019, was supposed to be a return to May release dates for the Star Wars franchise. Back in 2015, The Force Awakens was also originally supposed to be released in the summer, but was moved to a December release after Abrams took over screenwriting duties with Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi) and needed more time.

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  1. Ok, 2019 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hillary Clinton to play emporer

  2. That seals the deal. by theguyfromsaturn · · Score: 0, Troll

    I will definitely not be wasting money on it. After the total mess Jar Jar Abrams did with episode 7. Until Ep. 7, I never thought I'd be so disgusted with Start Wars that I wouldn't even want to see any more of it. They should have given it to someone who gives a damned about the Start Wars universe, and not trust that bozo. If we learned anything from the prequels is that Jar Jar can't be trusted with anything.

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  3. Re:Yay... Abrams by quantaman · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too much grrl power feminism in rogue one. She went from nobody to jedi master in 17 minutes.

    Because feminism is the only possible explanation for lazy writing.

    Besides, the movie established that she was already a skilled fighter with a staff, those skills are at least somewhat transferable.

    The reformed storm trooper on the other hand, he did massively outperform his plausible light sabre abilities, of course he's a guy so that doesn't really fit your anti-SJW narrative.

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