With the last Star Wars director swap only a few months in the past, Lucasfilm have dropped another bombshell - J.J. Abrams will be replacing Colin Trevorrow as the director of Star Wars Episode IX.
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I, for one, couldn't be happier. I've been a fan of Abrams ever since the first episode of Lost, and the announcement back in 2013 that he would be directing Episode VII filled me with all kinds of hope. Hope that - I would argue - wasn't misplaced. After doing a phenomenal job with The Force Awakens, it seems only fitting that he returns to round out the trilogy. The release date for Episode IX has now been moved back from May 24th 2019 to December 20th 2019 - most likely in light of this change-up.
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