TWO NEW STAR WARS MOVIES ANNOUNCED!

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When Star Wars Episode 7 was first announced, it shook the Star Wars fan-base to its foundation. Just to think the beloved Star Wars series, which had been re watched many times over I'm sure, would be continuing was amazing. But now, we are still experiencing new after shocks with the announcement of two new Star Wars movies.
Alright, so the first is called Rouge One, a film not part of the traditional series which will follow around an individual character instead of an entire plot. Not much is known about it, but from what it sounds like it seems it may be about someone who has gone rouge- although I'm not sure about that. Also, because is says Rouge One, it sounds like it could be about a solider like a Storm Trooper, since they have numbers as I.D.s. It could even be a story about that one Storm Tropper we saw in the Episode 7 trailer, who most certainly seemed rouge. While we don't know what it is about, we do know it will be released in winter of 2016, more accurately December 16, 2016, (about a year after Episode 7) and will be featured in theaters. It will also be directed by the same guy who directed Godzilla (the new one), which looks really awesome and well directed, so I am excited to see his work. It will also be written by the same writer who wrote Cinderella, and while it isn't very appealing to me, it does seem fairly well written.
Now for some main-series news. They have now officially announced a new movie in the main Star Wars series: Star Wars: Episode 8!

This movie is still very much under-wraps, but here's what we know:

• It is a continuation of the Episode 7 time line
• It is a Star Wars movie (duh!)
• It is to be released on May 26, 2017
• It is directed and written by Rian Johnson, director of films such as Looper 

Overall this news is very exciting, and I can't believe that the Star Wars series is finally kicking up into full gear once more! Stay tuned, and thanks for reading!
-Fencer6

Sources: http://www.starwars.com/news/rogue-one-is-the-first-star-wars-stand-alone-film-rian-johnson-to-write-and-direct-star-wars-episode-viii?linkId=12857855 

New Star Wars line!

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Hello Star Wars fans! Fencer6 here, and today I will be talking about the latest Star Wars news! As you all probably know, Star Wars Episode 7 is coming out this December!
Now, what first threw me for a loop when first hearing that Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher would all be in the next movie is that they are much older. I mean, no offense to them, but Carrie is already past fifty (almost sixty), Mark has passes sixty, and Harrison is in his seventies! How could these character, once so lively, suddenly become gray haired and wise? What happened to them? How can we take such a big gap?
Well, that's exactly what a new set of novels and comics are going to do. Tell us what happened between the 30 year gap of Episodes 6 and 7. This new series line is called Journey to Star Wars: Force Awakens. But, it isn't just a straight forward, chronological order of books. While they may all be working under Disney, lots of different authors, comics, and publishing houses will all be contributing to this ongoing series. It is basically a canon version of the Expanded Universe novels, which have now been deemed 'legends' which never officially happened. Marvel has released a cover art for its new event series, which will be coming out September of this year, seen below.

Not only will these provide cool, canon stories telling us what the trio did while no new movies were made, but these also will hint at what is to come in Episode 7, a sneak peak I am dying to see. Alas, it looks like we will have to hold our anticipation until fall. Overall though, I am very happy we will be seeing new Star Wars content that will finally be canon after the elimination of the Expanded Universe, and I can't wait to learn what crazy adventurers these five went on.

Thanks for reading, stay tuned, and goodnight!

-Fencer6