In a tweet, Episode VIII director Rian Johnson (previously of Brothers Bloom, Brick, and that great Breaking Bad episode “Ozymandias”) appeared to confirm the news. Either that, or he has weirdly out-of-season preferences for novelty Star Wars songs. Never fear, fans of that long ago and far, far away universe: there’s still a wealth of official Star Wars content to fill the extra half-year of waiting. Tonight, the Star Wars: Rebels TV show returns, continuing its tale of a plucky band of young insurgents fighting against the Empire in the years between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Like Force Awakens, it appears some old familiar faces will show up: And in December of this year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is scheduled for release. Rather than telling the next part of the main plot, it will instead focus on events right before A New Hope, telling, again, the tale of a band of plucky insurgents out to undermine an Imperial superweapon.
