Lucasfilm is adding an entire new trilogy of movies to its increasingly-filled (for now) slate of Star Wars projects–one that could carry on the fabled Skywalker Saga with the official Episodes Ten, Eleven, and Twelve.
Deadline reports that Simon Kinberg–producer of many of the X-Men films, as well as, in the galaxy far, far away, Star Wars Rebels alongside Carrie Beck and Dave Filoni–has been tapped to write the new trilogy, as well as produce alongside Kathleen Kennedy. The trade further reports that it has heard that this trilogy of films could be the official 10th, 11th, and 12th entries in the Skywalker Saga made up of the Prequel, Original, and Sequel Trilogies, but also notes that that idea has been disputed by several insiders, instead citing that the trilogy will be a new, standalone series of films designed to “begin a new saga.”
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