It's Official: Colin Trevorrow Directing STAR WARS: EPISODE IX

Over a month ago, just before Comic-Con, Umberto Gonzalez at Heroic Hollywood reported that Colin Trevorrow had been tapped by Lucasfilm to direct Star Wars: Episode IX. Today, during the D23 Expo, Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn announced that Trevorrow would ineed be directing the third film in the new trilogy.

After Jurassic World became the third highest grossing film of all time, Trevorrow has become a very hot director. I very much enjoyed Jurassic World and thought is was well directed. With Rian Johnson writing the scripts for Episodes VIII and IX, this seems like a winning combo.

I'm very excited for the movies but kind of wish they were spaced out more to give the filmmakers more time. Star Wars: Episode IX will close out the newest trilogy in 2019.

Source: StarWars.com