Disney CEO Confirms Release Years for Star Wars Episode VIII and IX

"As one of the few people allowed to visit the set during filming….and one of the fewer who’s seen most of the footage…I can assure the millions of Star Wars fans who have spent the last decade hoping for a new movie this one will be worth the wait. And it’s only the beginning of a new era of exceptional Star Wars storytelling; next year we’ll release our first standalone movie based on these characters, followed by Star Wars: Episode VIII in 2017, and we’ll finish this trilogy with Episode IX in 2019."

http://www.slashfilm.com/bob-iger-star-wars-sequel-trilogy/#more-277143

in 4 years the trilogy will conclude, instead of the traditional 6...so if its awesome we wont have wait through that third torturous year between episodes...and if it sucks it will at least go by quickly...kinda like the hobbit. win/win 👆

I really think TFA will be good. I'm definitely looking forward to it.

So they ARE making a stand alone film... Interesting. So how's that a trilogy then?

"trilogy" in this context refers to ep 7, 8, and 9.
so as it officially stands:

2015: ep-7
2016: standalone film
2017: ep-8
2018: ???
2019: ep-9

Ah okay... so five movies in a making. Okay... well, we'll see.

Who is rian Johnson? And does he deserve to touch Star Wars?

Originally posted by queeq
Ah okay... so five movies in a making. Okay... well, we'll see.

presumably. no official announcement for 2018 but it's a safe bet.

Originally posted by JediRobin23
Who is rian Johnson? And does he deserve to touch Star Wars?

he directed 3 breaking bad episodes including 'ozymandias'. that alone is a very impressive bullet-point on his resume.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426059/

Oh okay...

If ep7 is gonna be good, then maybe Abrams will do ep8,9. If it sucks, its ruined and won't matter who does the next ones

Your insights serve you well.

Yep