SPECULATION When is the trigger for a fourth trilogy announcement?

I think it is inevitable that they will do another trilogy. As some one else said, you don't create a new cast of characters like Rey, Poe, Finn and Kylo for nothing.

When will the trilogy kick off? It's all speculation, but I don't see them taking too much time off. 3-5 years seems right, with 5 being the longest they'd even consider (unless, of course, they want to main characters to age a bit).

What would I like to see? I'd like to see anthology films about 1. The Guardians of the Whills, 2. The founding of the Jedi Order and 3. A one of film about someone like Mace Windu or Yoda. Of course I'd like a Kenobi film set in between episodes III and IV as well.

Maybe release the next trilogy film, Episode X in 2022. That would be four years and they could use that time to develop and explore other areas.

The best thing about the Starwars cinematic universe, something it has over the superhero/mutant films, is the galaxy. You have an entire freakin galaxy to explore, so let's get started. At this point we are about 25 years behind schedule!

 

I think these ST characters will continue, somehow, in an SST.

All I know (hope) is that Episode IX ends with Rey discovering she is pregnant. ... and away we go.

 

I think that Star Wars will become a little over saturated once we get to episode 10, 11, etc. I think they should stop after Episode 9 and stick to spin-off movies, but unfortunately this probably won't happen. Oh well, I'm not going to complain about more Star Wars! I could see them announcing the new new trilogy sometime after episode 9 and doing a couple of spin-off movies in between 9 and 10.

 

We won't hear about any future saga films until they have sown up this trilogy.
My belief is that they will finish the Skywalker saga and then go on to create a new trilogy of films set in a different era - perhaps KOTOR timeline? (re branding Ep 1-9 as The Skywalker Saga, allowing the next saga to be named something else and begin with a new ep 1 film).
Then, once the dust has settled they could go into the "present" again and perhaps crate another 'saga' set 100yrs after the demise of the Skywalker's.

That might be an interesting time to tell a new story: no super-powerful Skywalker's and the galaxy has seen a century of peace. Then there is an invasion from another galaxy. Perhaps these new enemies can only be defeated by using the Dark Side! And so the new hero must learn the way's of the ancient Sith Lords for the sake of the galaxy and then be saved in the final film?! I'm off on one here, but anyway, take from that what you will.

 

Besides an adaptation of TFA, Rey and Finn have not at all appeared in the comics. There is only a comic about Poe Dameron, which takes place before the events of TFA. There is nothing (either comics or books) that takes place after the events of TFA.

 

From 2020 for sure, we need to see more,

 

There should b a FT (fourth trilogy, Final Trilogy).

Hopefully w/ a Skywalker but w/ a twist. This Skywalker IS THE ONLY Skywalker.

Is it Rey? A redeemed Ben? Emperor Kylo? A child of Finn & Rey? So many options even WITH a Skywalker AGAIN. Y so many idiots want that family to dy off I don't kno!!!!! Nobody wants James Bond, Batman or Superman to kick the bucket. Also 2027 is the perfect year 4 Ep X, 50 years of the Force!

 

End the Skywalker saga at 9.
Three trilogies is enough for that family.
Four is excessive and pointless.

Start a new trilogy in the ancient Jedi/Sith era.
It's how to keep Star Wars fresh by exploring completely new territory instead of dragging the Skywalker story on forever.

 

Where did you get that info on Episode IX's production start? Isn't that date a bit too soon?

 

I'm not sure if this website is a credible source of information. Take a look at their alleged "casting call" for Epside VIII and information they put in it.

It states that Gugu Mbatha-Raw is in some way involved in this production (she's not) and also lists Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kimberg as producers, which they are not. Another piece of information that is highly dubious is a mention of an Icelandic production company - there was absolutely zero mention of an Iceland shoot at any point of TLJ's production.

 

I need at least 12 Episodes.

 

I think they will do another trilogy. But I hope Rey is unrelated, and they close the Skywalker saga at 9. The next trilogy could be be episode X in essence, but call it episode 1 of the Rey saga.

Or something like that.

Or just start a new saga such as TOR.

I wouldn't like to guess when they will announce the next trilogy... maybe 2019?

 

Why?! Y?! Y?! Y do people want the Skywalkers dead?! Whyyyyyyyyyy!?

 

Trilogies exist as each being a very clear conflict of its own.
The PT was the Clone Wars, as well as the events leading up to it and its aftermath.
The OT was the Galactic Civil War.
The ST is the war between the Resistance/Republic and the First Order.

We'll probably get a relatively clean ending to this trilogy, and if there's another trilogy chronological in the timeline, it will be about something else entirely.
There's been a lot of speculation about the unknown regions lately, especially the possibility that Snoke hails from there- I know, my "Snoke theory suck".

See, here's the thing about Star Wars- the conflicts have been getting smaller and smaller. The Clone Wars was a huge, galactic wide war. Then the Empire (smaller than the old Republic) had a war against the Rebellion (smaller than the separatists). Now, we have the First Order (smaller than the Empire) fighting against the Resistance (roughly the size of the Rebellion?). We're seeing a clear decay of the GFFA, even if the good guys do win sometimes.

So what could be next? Well, either the parties involved get continuously smaller (until the point where the wars take place on single planets and the name of the series itself has to change) or we're going to see a shift. If an extra galactic threat (think Yuuzhan Vong, but not exactly them because I don't know if they're really work in this canon) attacks, the GFFA will finally have to come together in force to save itself. That, I think, would be pretty cool. After all, Star Wars bad guys have always been iconic, to the point that they're often considered the mascots of the series right along with the droids.

So, wouldn't it be cool to finally see stormtroopers fighting alongside the New Republic to save the planets and the galaxy that we've grown to love, against a nemesis that we can fully hate?

 

I can't speak for everyone else, but it's not that I want the Skywalkers dead, it's more I want their story to be told. Surely, there are only a certain amount of generations of one family that can have an influence on a galactic scale?

Let's finish that story (and I/we can revisit that story again and again without having to watch 17 episodes) and tell some new ones!!

 

I believe you should read the insider report from the last week that showed up on SWNN. Sure, they can do that but if Lucasfilm starts to mass produce episodic films they will lose their special appeal. Episodes are once-per-generation event and this is partially a reason why they are so successful at the box office. If they start appearing every two years many people will stop caring for them, thus money made by them also decreases. Also, I know this may sound crazy to some people, movie studios usually care for their films to be of high quality and such a process may hinder it. Moreover, one could argue that leaving loose ends in storylines of Rey, Finn, Poe and Kylo might be an example of bad script writing. Remember, Colin Trevorrow is not George Lucas and doesn't need to follow the same mistakes as him when creating Episode IX.