Irrelevant But Awesome

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 ...

Alright, since we've had a few hours to calm down from the excitement from the  Star Wars panel from last night , I thought it might be a good idea to really go through everything that we've learned about Star Wars and The Force Awakens the past few days. Possible Episode IX Director? We'll start with the  rumor  that broke earlier yesterday that Colin Trevorrow might be picked to helm Episode IX. Trevorrow is fresh off the record-breaking Jurassic World that was released a few weeks ago. A lot of skepticism went around about how Trevorrow would handle his first big budget film and he emphatically silenced those critics and is now one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood at the moment. It's been long announced that Episode VIII would be directed by Rian Johnson (of Looper fame) and was speculated to also be directing IX as well but that would clearly not be the case if this Trevorrow rumor turns out to be true (still no statement from Lucasfilm or Disn...