If directing a Star Wars film is not pressuring enough, Abrams’ Episode IX will follow the Rian Johnson-directed and written Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is being poised by the cast as something unexpected.
JJ Abrams says Star Wars: Episode IX will offer something new that fans have never seen before in the lore.
However Abrams chooses to approach Star Wars: Episode IX, it is safe to say that it will be dependent on how The Last Jedi sets-up our heroes and villains for the next installment of the franchise.
After successfully reviving the sci-fi/fantasy franchise via 2015’s smash hit Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Abrams is once again back in the director’s chair for a film set in a “galaxy far, far away,”, this time to wrap up the ongoing trilogy.