Star Wars Spin-Off Standalone Films Announced

LucasFilm and Disney confirm more Star Wars movies are in the works beyond Episodes VII-IX!
As if it weren't enough for Disney and LucasFilm to have announced earlier this year that as part of their new licensing agreement, three new Star Wars films forming the next trilogy of the main saga are coming, today we've learnt that's not all by a long shot. We've had it confirmed from the team themselves that there are at least two Star Wars spin-off standalone films are in the works at LucasFilm right now, for release in the same period as the New Trilogy. Rumours are persisting that these flicks could feature on Boba Fett, a young Han Solo and Yoda, but definitive details have yet to be announced.

Here's the official press release from LucasFilm: "Lucasfilm is officially announcing new spinoff films that will expand the mythos and depths of the Star Wars universe in previously unexplored ways. One of the standalone will be written by Lawrence Kasdan- screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back- and the other will be penned by Simon Kinberg, writer of 2009 Robert Downey Jr film Sherlock Holmes and Mr And Mrs Smith. The movies will be separate from Episodes VII, VIII and IX and expected to be released sometime after Episode VII. Each standalone film will focus on a specific character, and two spinoff films are currently confirmed."

Star Wars: Episode VII is set for release in 2015, with Episodes VIII and IX set to be released along with the spinoff standalone films between 2016 and 2020. (And yes, we're all feeling weird about thinking of a date seven years away!)