JJ Abrams steps in as Star Wars: Episode IX director to close out the trilogy

Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams is returning to head Episode IX and replace Colin Trevorrow.

Published on: Sep 12, 2017, 20:45:03 IST

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Director JJ Abrams is all set to replace Colin Trevorrow as the helmer of the ninth chapter of the Star Wars film franchise.

JJ Abrams will be replacing Colin Trevorrow as the director of Star Wars: Episode IX. (Christopher Smith/Invision/AP)

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy confirmed the news that the Star Wars: The Force Awakens director will return to head Star Wars: Episode IX, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“With ‘The Force Awakens’, JJ delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy,” Kennedy in a statement.

Abrams will also pen the script of the film, along with Chris Terrio.

Earlier, rumours were rife that Rian Johnson will direct Star Wars: Episode IX, after Colin Trevorrow left the project.

Johnson denied the reports saying, “It was never in the plan for me to direct ‘Episode IX’, so I don’t know what’s going to happen with it. For me, I was entirely focused on (directing) ‘Episode VIII’ and having this experience.”

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