News: Kasdan On What to Expect From Upcoming "Star Wars" Movies

Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens and the upcoming Han Solo spin-off movie (as well as The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi of course), was asked about the future of the Star Wars franchise.

Kasdan isn't involved in Episode VIII or Episode IX, or the spin-off feature Rogue One. He says fans should expect that even the next two episodic films will be quite different to not just the original trilogy but The Force Awakens as well:

"These movies will all be so different. [Episode VIII director] Rian Johnson is a friend of mine — he's going to make some weird thing. If you've seen Rian's work, you know it's not going be like anything that's ever been in Star Wars. You couldn't have three more different people than J.J., Rian and [Episode IX director] Colin [Trevorrow]. Those movies will have the Star Wars saga as their basis, but everything else will be different. Then Phil Lord and Chris Miller are going to make the Han Solo film and I can't guess what that will be like — and I'm writing it."

He also commented on Star Wars canon:

"And with the canon — everyone refers to the canon, but it has zero meaning to me. I don't know what the canon is. I cannot get that straight. […] I've written four Star Wars movies now, and I don't know what the canon is. The thing I always loved about Star Wars — and George had this when he made A New Hope and J.J. can hook into this very strongly — is that it's goofy, you know? There are big issues and there's some philosophy, but it's basically goofy. And I think The Force Awakens is goofy — in the best way. Wherever there's a question: Could that happen? Well, why not?"

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on December 18th while the untitled Han Solo movie opens on May 25th 2018.

Source: The Los Angeles Times