Star Wars 9 timeline revealed to take place one year after Star Wars 8

Star Wars 9, which has been filming for several months, is undoubtedly the most watched film in the world. However, the crew has done a very good job of keeping the secret, and the outside world knows very little about the film. Recently, in an interview, the film's lead actor John Boyega said that the story of Star Wars 9 will take place a year after The Last Jedi.

It is a wonderful setting to put the story at this point in time, because the one-year time difference is enough for the rebels to regroup and continue to resist the First Order. It is a very good choice to directly cut into the main point of the story. In "The Last Jedi", Luke Skywalker exhausted his force and eventually died. Therefore, the next Star Wars story has nothing to do with the Skywalker family. Therefore, setting a time difference is also a good choice. The producers, screenwriters, directors and actors can get rid of the previous Star Wars settings, start anew, and create a new era of Star Wars.

Star Wars 9 started filming in early August this year. According to previous reports, Princess Leia played by Carrie Fisher will appear again in this film, using the unused footage from The Force Awakens instead of the digitally remade Fisher. Although Hollywood's current digital technology can "resurrect" an actor, the Star Wars crew still decided not to use digital technology to resurrect Carrie Fisher. So if you want to see Princess Leia again in the new film, you can only look for footage from the past.

The shooting of "Star Wars 9" also makes J.J. Abrams the first director to direct more than two "Star Wars" movies after George Lucas. It can be said that J.J. Abrams is the best choice for Disney. The "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens" shot by this director grossed a total of 936.66 million US dollars in North America, setting a record for the highest box office in North American film history; the global total box office also reached 2.068 billion US dollars, ranking third in global film history. In addition to the box office success, the word of mouth is also excellent: Rotten Tomatoes freshness is 92%, the average score is as high as 8.2, and the MetaCritic average score is as high as 81.

Star Wars 9 was originally scheduled to start filming in February 2018. However, after twists and turns in the selection of the director, the filming time was postponed to the summer. The film was previously scheduled to be released on May 24, 2019, but has now been postponed to December 20, 2019.