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: Thrawn: Alliances featured in , a new expansion set to open at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2019. In late 2018, it was announced that Timothy Zahn will write and publish another "Thrawn" sequel, titled "Thrawn: Treason", scheduled for released in summer 2019. The novel explores the crisis Thrawn encounters when he discovers that his people are in peril, forcing him to choose between loyalty to the Empire or loyalty to the Chiss Ascendancy. Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances Thrawn: Alliances is a "Star Wars" novel by Timothy Zahn. The book is a sequel to Zahn's 2017 novel "". It focuses on