3D Star Wars Releases Postponed

The 3D releases of the final two Star Wars prequel films have been postponed to enable filmmakers to concentrate on Episode VII.

Disney/Lucasfilm confirmed that Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones and Episode III - Revenge of the Sith are to be delayed in the wake of Star Trek director JJ Abrams being confirmed as the director of the forthcoming movie, Episode VII. The film is set for a 2015 release.

Disney bought Lucasfilm, the company behind Star Wars, from creator George Lucas last month for £2.6bn.

Episode I - The Phantom Menace was released in 3D last February and earned $22.4m (£14.3m) in the US in its opening weekend. The original prequels were released between 1999 and 2005.

Darth Maul from Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Abrams directed the Star Trek reboot in 2009 and its upcoming sequel, Star Trek into Darkness, to be released May. Lucas said he was the "ideal choice" to direct the the seventh movie in the series - due out in 2015 - adding "the legacy couldn't be in better hands".

It will be scripted by Oscar-winning writer Michael Arndt.

J. J. Abrams to Direct New Star Wars Movie!

Despite his public declaration a few weeks ago that he was not interested, J.J. Abrams will direct the new Disney Star Wars movie!

The Lost creator's appointment ends months of speculation about who would take the job after the sale of George Lucus's multi-billion sci-fi franchise to Disney last year. Abrams, a life-long fan of Star Wars, had originally suggested he was not up for the job, but never totally ruled himself out. "I am looking forward more than anyone to the next iterations of Star Wars, but I believe I will be going as a paying moviegoer!" he told 'Hollywood Life' last year.

Abrams - the creator of Lost will direct Episode VII

Star Wars Episode VII is set to be in cinemas in only 2 years’ time! Disney has said that it plans to release a new Star Wars film every two to three years after that and here at disneystarwarstrilogy.com we will have all the news! It has been suggested that the plot of the film, which could feature cameos from original cast members Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford as Luke Skywalker's attempts to build a new Jedi Academy on Planet Yavin 4. The new film is being scripted by Michael Arndt, the Oscar-winning writer of Little Miss Sunshine.

Mr. Abrams has long been popular with the science fiction crowd; his next movie is “Star Trek Into Darkness,” set for release by Paramount Pictures in May. We all remember the acclaimed, ground-breaking TV series, Lost, the brainchild of Abrams, which rocketed him to stardom.

We here at disneystarwarstrilogy.com couldn’t hope for a better director and we firmly believe that the news sequel trilogy will top the prequels with ease!