by Derek Kraneveldt Wednesday 17th April 2013

Beginning 2015, Disney Will Release A New ‘Star Wars’ Every Year

This is going to make a lot of money.

We all (well, most of us) shat our pants in excitement when Disney revealed J.J. Abrams as the director of Star Wars: Episode VII. We also knew full well that the House of Mouse was planning spinoff titles, with a possibility of each film focussing on a specific character.

We knew the what, but aside from Episode VII‘s 2015 release date, we had no idea when to expect this ball to start rolling. As Disney revealed today at CinemaCon, they’re planning to kick things off pretty rapidly.

After Star Wars: Episode VII‘s launch in Summer 2015, the company will release a new film in the Star Wars franchise every single year. You read that right. 2016, 2017, 2018, and onward, a new Star Wars film will be released. Now, not all of these will be continuations of the main series; after Episode VII will come a spinoff, then Episode VIII, another spinoff, rinse and repeat.

The galaxy far, far away is about to get a lot more crowded. Are you excited?

I can't even begin to imagine what an image like this would look like in five years.
I can’t even begin to imagine what an image like this would look like in five years.