'Star Wars: Episode IX' Coming in May 2019
by EG
Disney and Lucasfilm have booked a date in theaters for Colin Trevorrow's Star Wars: Episode IX — May 24, 2019.
The studio also announced a slew of other high-profile moves. Disney is pushing back the release of the next Indiana Jones movie by a full year, from July 19, 2019, to July 10, 2020, in order to make way for the studio's live-action The Lion King, which gets the July 19 date, while Frozen 2 will hit theaters Nov. 27, 2019.
Little is known about Episode IX, which has a script being written by Trevorrow and Derek Connolly. Earlier this month, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy said that the late Carrie Fisher would not appear in IX as Leia.
Both Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars story opened in mid-December, as will Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Dec. 15, 2017). Disney and Lucasfilm now want to test the summer corridor (prior to Force Awakens and Rogue One, all the Star Wars films opened in summer).
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Another film in the franchise, Star Wars: Han Solo, will open in May 2018.