


The possibility of there being at least nine Star Wars movies began to surface in media reports dating back to the late 1970s, but the idea really began to gain traction in a 1983 book by Denise Worrell called Icons: Intimate Portraits. The next installment is due out 2015, a decade after Lucas released the sixth Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith, and declared it would be his last. vowed to make at least three more Star Wars movies with Tuesday’s announcement that it’s buying Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. Now an entertainment force even more powerful than Lucas is finally going to turn what once seemed like a myth into a prophecy. Under this line of thinking, the original Star Wars purportedly was always intended to start the middle sequence of the intergalactic saga. The most popular conception is that Lucas envisioned nine movie-length episodes, broken into three separate trilogies to be released over 20 to 40 years. Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
