Star Wars sequel trilogy of episodes "VII", "VIII" and "IX". Dale Pollock, George Lucas's biographer, revealed in a 2012 interview, that as part of his biographical research during the 1980s, Lucas had allowed him to read the plot outlines for the at the time comprising 12 planned "Star Wars" film episodes, albeit on the condition of signing a confidentiality agreement. Those plans Pollock saw, however were drastically changed after "Empire Strikes Back" released because Lucas decided not to make the sequel trilogy, and instead finish the story as a trilogy, by ending the storyline with "". This led Lucas to rework and fully incorporate
Star Wars expanded to other media Dave Filoni has used multiple characters and elements from "Legends" works in the series. Filoni explained that he followed Lucas's example in considering the films and television series canon, but allowing for the incorporation of "Legends" material. The first new canonical novel was "" by John Jackson Miller, published in September 2014, followed by the animated series "Star Wars Rebels" a month later. Marvel Comics began publishing a series of "Star Wars" comic book titles in January 2015. "" was released in December 2015, and marked the beginning of the sequel trilogy of films. Since then, multiple films have been