Star Wars Anthology Series

"We’re extremely excited about these...we're going to be calling them Anthology films."

- Kiri Hart

The Star Wars Anthology Series is the banner title for a series of upcoming stand-alone Star Wars films, beginning with Rogue One in December 2016. It was first announced at Celebration Anaheim on April 19, 2015.

Films

 * Rogue One&mdash;December 16, 2016
 * Untitled Han Solo Anthology film&mdash;May 25, 2018
 * Untitled Star Wars Anthology film&mdash;TBD
 * Untitled Star Wars Anthology film (Simon Kinberg)&mdash;TBD

Development
News that the Disney-Lucasfilm brand was developing several theatrical pictures separate to the core, episodic Star Wars saga was reported in 2013, with Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg slated to write their own individual spinoff films. While director Gareth Edwards' then untitled Rogue One project was announced in 2014 as the first of these stand-alone features, it was not until the following year on April 19 at Celebration Anaheim that the announcement was made that the spinoff films would collectively be known as the Star Wars Anthology Series.

Josh Trank signed on to direct an Anthology film in 2014 but left the project after a year having decided to pursue other opportunities.

On July 7, 2015, Lawrence Kasdan's Anthology film was given a release date of May 25, 2018, with Christopher Miller and Phil Lord attached to direct, and Kasdan's son Jon Kasdan contributing to the script as well. The film will follow the story of a young Han Solo.