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Alright, so we already know that JJ Abrams is directing, and who the first non-original-trilogy cast member could be, so let’s talk about just about how much Star Wars we’ll actually see in the next decade, and when everything’s going to come out.

 

The latest word on the Star Wars front is that we’ll be seeing Star Wars Episode 7 happen sometime around June or July of 2015, and that we’ll be seeing a sequel every year between 2015 and 2020… And if they do well, the Disney executives want to make Star Wars movies happen like James Bond movies do, but more of them, and more often, even as much as a sequel a year for as long as people are interested… Now that’s a lot to get through your head: Star Wars movies might just continue forever… Could you imagine that?

And I mean, we’re not that far off from that. By that I mean, if we made a comparison to movies based on comic books, for example Iron Man, and how often an Iron Man movie comes out compared to how often an Iron Man comic does, you would see that Iron Man movies come out just about every 2 years, but the comics come out with a new one every week. Now, it would almost be impossible to make a superhero movie that you could put out every week, but Marvel (conveniently owned by Disney), is probably going to try that with “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” So the question becomes, really, if people actually wanted to have Star Wars movies coming out all the time, how fast could the pump them out?
Well, the average time for a movie to come out is about somewhere between 3-6 months of pre-production (which includes casting, location scouting, set design & figuring out the way to film each scene), then somewhere around 2-4 months of actual filming, then 6-8 months of post production (editing and adding a soundtrack). So technically, if they had the most efficient team working on each sequel, they could finish one in 11-18 months at. So… if they are going to crank a sequel out every year, they would probably have to have different directors for every movie. They would basically have to start making the second one by the time they are half done the first. And start filming the third when they are halfway done the second. BUT, if there were actors that were in both movies (which will most likely happen, since they’re sequels), they could be conflicted by how many movies they’re filming at that exact time, since they wouldn’t just be filming Star Wars sequels exclusively. Alright, and here’s my first comment on the matter: JJ Abrams was hired back in February to direct Star Wars Episode 7, and he thinks it won’t be done until 2 years and a month from now. Yeah, so how exactly are they going to put one out every year?

Here’s how:

They’ll put out Star Wars 7 in the summer of 2015
– Then one of the standalone origin films (either Han Solo, Boba Fett or Yoda) just about a year later in 2016
– Star Wars Episode 8 in 2017
– Another standalone film in 2018
– Star Wars Episode 9 in 2019
– The third standalone film in 2020

The (7-9) trilogy will be complete, and there will be 3 standalone films based on characters from the original trilogy.

Also, this schedule helps fix the filming conflicts the actors would have had earlier. Plus now, each Star Wars sequel/spinoff can be done by a different director (but let’s hope JJ Abrams continues on for the whole trilogy…)

What do you think of the order of how these will come out? Do you even want to see a new Star Wars movie every year? Would you get sick of them, or would they be a fanboys greatest dream?

Let us know below!

6/1/2013 – 11:30 pm

by James