J.J. Abrams Set to Write and Direct ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’

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Updated Sep. 12, 2017 10:42AM ET / Published Sep. 12, 2017 10:39AM ET

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Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams will return to write and direct the sequel trilogy's final installment. He will co-write Episode IX with Chris Terrio. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said, “With The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy.”

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