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Star Wars Episode VIII is the planned eighth installment in the Star Wars film franchise, to be produced under the new Disney-Lucasfilm brand.

Unofficial reports claimed in November 2012 that Lawrence Kasdan—who originally wrote the screenplays for both Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back—and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Simon Kinberg would divide writing responsibilities for Star Wars Episodes VIII and IX, and both would co-produce all three films of the upcoming sequel trilogy, alongside Kathleen Kennedy.^[4] In February 2013, Disney revealed that Kasdan and Kinberg were working on standalone films as well.^[5] During a concert with the Young Musician's Foundation Debut Orchestra on February 9, composer John Williams stated that he was hoping to get the chance to write the musical scores for the entire new trilogy.^[6]

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• DISNEY TO ACQUIRE LUCASFILM LTD. - The Walt Disney Company
•  New Star Wars Movies Announced as Disney Enters Agreement to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)