# Star Wars standalone movie, Episode VIII details **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858 "2015-03-12T21:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/1 "2015-03-12T21:04:49Z")
> **[Rogue One Is the First Star Wars Stand-Alone Film, Rian Johnson to Write and...](https://www.starwars.com/news/rogue-one-is-the-first-star-wars-stand-alone-film-rian-johnson-to-write-and-direct-star-wars-episode-viii?linkId=12857863)** > > The title for director Gareth Edwards' stand-alone movie, featuring actress Felicity Jones, is revealed, and Rian Johnson is confirmed for Star Wars: Episode VIII -- coming to theaters May 26, 2017. The first standalone movie “Rogue One” starring (or at least featuring) Felicity Jones is due Dec 2016 Episode VIII will release May 26, 2017: Forty years (and one day) after Episode IV (yes, I am aware it wasn’t named that until later) Cool timing on Episode VIII. Rogue One could be interesting Brian ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/2 "2015-03-12T21:32:57Z")
Episode VIII? Doesn’t sound very “stand alone”. What’s happening to VII? ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/3 "2015-03-12T21:38:19Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Episode VIII? Doesn’t sound very “stand alone”. What’s happening to VII? VII comes out this year (2015). VIII is set for 2017. Rogue One is the ‘stand alone’ set to come out 2016. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/4 "2015-03-13T00:04:01Z")
The plan is to have a Saga episode come out every other year, and one-off episodes unconnected to the saga in between (maybe prequels, like a young Han Solo adventure, or maybe concurrent with the new episodes using all new characters. They’re keeping it very close to their chests). There will effectively be a new Star Wars movie every single year for the foreseeable future. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/5 "2015-03-13T00:05:05Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The plan is to have a Saga episode come out every other year, and one-off episodes unconnected to the saga in between (maybe prequels, like a young Han Solo adventure, or maybe concurrent with the new episodes using all new characters. They’re keeping it very close to their chests). There will effectively be a new Star Wars movie every single year for the foreseeable future. Yeah, but VII is actually coming out 1 1/2 years from VII, so that is a bit quicker than expected. However, VII was delayed from the original(and near impossible to reach) May of this year. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/6 "2015-03-13T01:37:53Z")
Here’s CNN’s photogallery of the cast. Jones was very good in _The Theory of Everything_ last year: [http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/29/showbiz/gallery/star-wars-vii-cast/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/29/showbiz/gallery/star-wars-vii-cast/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/7 "2015-03-13T01:55:02Z")
I’m reservedly excited to find out if “Rogue One” references Rogue Squadron. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/8 "2015-03-13T08:56:19Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > VII comes out this year (2015). VIII is set for 2017. Rogue One is the ‘stand alone’ set to come out 2016. Ah I thought it was Episode VIII, Rogue One. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/9 "2015-03-13T10:49:16Z")
Yes, sorry for the comma splice. There were two movies announced. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-standalone-movie-episode-viii-details/714858/10 "2015-03-13T12:34:18Z")
They certaintly have a helluva behind-the-scenes crew attached to these films. Disney don’t mess around