SPECULATION If there are to be two trilogies...

I doubt it.
I think there will be a arc with the next 3 Star Wars films. It will span the issue with this generation & deal with these evil then if a newer trilogy is produced it will be 10/12 years from now when SFX is better and new interest is generated.
Like the Marvel super-hero films going until 2028, the Star Wars films will be "spaced out" .

 

Can you provide a link to where the possibility of two trilogies existing is mentioned please?

 

It's not a rumor or speculation that Lucas had a longer version of Star Wars. ANH was intended to be 2 films but was condensed.
Lucas biographer Dale Pollack read the Star Wars 7/8/9 screenplay treatments & said he was impressed. He said; "I wanted to see these characters & new worlds."

When I was a kid in the 1980s, I read that George Lucas had a extended plan to produce 9 films in the original arc.
Star Wars was HUGELY successful. No one including Lucas felt it would be such a massive blockbuster but it far exceeded everyone in Hollywood's expectations.
I'd add that film making & technology will ALWAYS be improving.
It's short sighted to want to rush out 6/9 new movies when you can pace it out & utilize the latest gear or advances.

It's been noted how Disney pushed for more IMAX & IMAX 3D scenes but JJ Abrams didn't want to use IMAX because it was loud & cumbersome on locations.
Just think in 12/15 years what DV or IMAX will be like?

 

My interpretation of that article is that the 12 episode treatments hark back to pre-ROTJ, before Lucas decided to condense the stories for episodes 6-9 into one episode - what became ROTJ. Disney received treatments for episodes 7-9, which would have been episodes 10-12 originally. And, while I have no doubt that more SW films will be made, I do doubt that Lucas provided treatments for them.

 

I heard it was episodes 7-9 and 3 spin-offs not episodes 10-12.

 

But assuming all the movies do well, even bad star wars movies do well at the box office, why would they not milk the cow until they can't get any more milk. They spent billions. That want to make billions.

 

They will easily make those billions back following the movie release. with all the rebels stuff and toys etc, they will be rolling in the dough.

 

Why not. Star Wars is awesome. But when we get like. 10+ Star Wars Movies (Spin Offs + ST + maybe SST) would be insane tho maybe it will be even too much.

 

We've had thousands of comic books, hundreds of novels, umpteen magazine and reference books, and a few cartoon series, tons of toys and general merchandise .... and I'm not yet burned out with Star Wars Bad Star Wars, sure, but there can't be too many great live-action and animated projects, they're like space-fantastical crystal meth!

 

Those extra three movies were intended to be spin-offs, which are being made.

 

Do you guys really think Disney spent all that money to make 6 movies and a tv show? They spend billions and are spending more to make it all. Yes they will make money on the films, merchandise, theme parks and the like but the hunger for Star Wars is insatiable. Why not do KOTOR trilogy or the further adventures of the Skywalker / Solo's. Demand + Supply = $$$$$$ and Disney is all about the $$$$$$$$$$$.

 

True, but I think Disney is wiser than that, they care about satisfying their fans. For example, just look how Marvel (which is owned by Disney) announced their upcoming movies to the fans while Warner Bros announced their upcoming DC movies to investors. Sure Disney is going to make a lot of money off Star Wars, but they care about what they're doing.

 

I'd add here too that we can't be too hasty!

Many Hollywood "franchises" had plans or schemes to be 3 films or a "film series" then petered out.

The newer Terminators with Christian Bale as John Conner was expected to be a 3 film arc.
The older "Flash Gordon" re-boot with Sam Jones in the 1980s was intended to be a series. 6-9 films.
IMDb.com
The "Riddick" character that Vin Diesel had in the hit Pitch Black was set for a film series too.

And less we forget; Disney's John Carter?
Edgar Rice Burroughs the author had 9, yes 9 different John Carter of Mars stories.

Star Wars may have spin offs or new story lines(films) but Bad Robot/Disney/ILM would be smart to keep them spaced apart 5/6 years.

 

There have been several movies that are considered sequels for Riddick. My brother mentions it every time a new one comes out.

John Carter was an experiment that failed

The Terminators just don't have the draw of Star Wars.

After 6 movies I might take a year or two off too but there has never been a Franchise like Star Wars before. Trek doesn't even compare.