Legendary film composer John Williams might retire from composing music for the Star Wars franchise after Star Wars: Episode IX. Williams’ music has been intrinsically tied to the Star Wars franchise ever since George Lucas’ original film hit theaters in 1977.
Following his Oscar nomination for The Last Jedi, John Williams seemed to indicate in an interview with KUSC that he plans on retiring from the Star Wars franchise after scoring the soundtrack for Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode IX, which is due out in theaters in December 2019.
Williams returned to score J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi after Lucasfilm announced plans to develop the long-awaited Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Now, Williams is returning to score Abrams’ Episode IX, which might mark his final Star Wars score.