With work on Episode IX well underway, British writer Jack Thorne, who has worked on
His Dark Materials, BBC’s adaptation of the fantasy by Philip Pullman, and Philip K. Dick’s
Electric Sheep for Channel 4, will join director Colin Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly, who have been working on the script.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, written and directed by Rian Johnson, opens December 15th.
Star Wars: Episode 9 is scheduled to be released May 24, 2019.
(Source:
TheHollywoodReporter.com)