Star Wars D23 Expo News Roundup (Disney Park, Episode IX Director, Rogue One)

Today, at Disney's D23 Expo, several announcements were made regardless the Star Wars franchise. First was a confirmation to a rumor that's been going around about a Star Wars-themed park at Disneyland and at Disney World's Hollywood Studios. This will be Disney's largest expansion park, covering 14 acres.

Also, an earlier rumor was confirmed that Jurassic World director, Colin Trevorrow will, in fact, be directing Star Wars Episode IX. That means that, much like the original trilogy, the new trilogy will have 3 different directors for each movie. Trevorrow had this to say about his latest job:

“This is not a job or an assignment. It is a seat at a campfire, surrounded by an extraordinary group of storytellers, filmmakers, artists and craftspeople. We’ve been charged with telling new stories for a younger generation because they deserve what we all had—a mythology to call their own. We will do this by channeling something George Lucas instilled in all of us: boundless creativity, pure invention and hope.”

And finally, principle photography as started for the first Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One directed by Gareth Edwards and is slated for a December 16, 2016 release. At D23 today, the cast was announced as follows: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelssen, Alan Tudyk, and Riz Ahmed. They also included the following image:

All this news and yet we STILL won't have a proper Force Awakens trailer until the fall.