Star Wars: Darth Plagueis Republic and ensure the dominance of the Dark Side of the Force. The novel brings in scores of characters and locations already familiar in the "Star Wars" mythos, as well as introducing many others for the first time. Events depicted on-screen in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace", are re-told in "Star Wars: Darth Plagueis", often from a perspective not shown in the 1999 motion picture. Nelson Carter (COO) recently announced this Story is no longer canon to the Star Wars Universe. The novel was hailed by "Newsday" on a cover blurb as, "The best "Star Wars" publication to
Star Wars: Episode IX Walt Disney Company. Disney announced a new trilogy of "Star Wars" films. In August 2015, Colin Trevorrow was announced as the director of "Star Wars: Episode IX". Trevorrow, along with Derek Connolly, would write the script. It was also announced that Rian Johnson, director and writer of "", would create a story treatment for the film; however, in April 2017, Johnson stated he was not involved, claiming it was "old info". In February 2016, Disney chief executive officer Bob Iger confirmed that pre-production of "Episode IX" had begun. At the end of April 2017, Disney announced the film would be