Star Wars 8 Novelization Won't Be Released Until After The Movie

The tie - in novelization for this December’sStar war : The Last Jediwill not be released until March 2018 , three months after the film progress to theaters . fan of the coltsfoot far , far away are impatiently count down the days untilEpisode VIIIpremieres , stay the Skywalker saga with ( hopefully ) another exhilarate chapter . As was the face withThe Force Awakens , Lucasfilm is utilise a modified merchandising campaign , unveil onlya lone teaser trailerand strategically selected nuggets of information in powder magazine spreads so far . WithLast Jediright around the street corner , advertizement should rage up shortly , but even when a bevy of TV spot are play over the atmosphere , viewers should n’t expect anything too revealing to be share .

A key objective ofStar Warspromotion is to keep major spoiler and plot twists out of promotion . Lucasfilm even withhold someForce AwakensandRogue Oneaspects from Hasbro to keep the biggest surprises under lock and headstone . That ’s endeavor to be the vitrine again withLast Jedi , and the studio is go away to even with child length to preserve what writer / theatre director Rian Johnson has in store . If someone wants to fuck how the story go forward over the holiday time of year , they ’re going to have to go to the multiplex .

Del Rey , the publishing fellowship that handles many of theStar Warsbooks , suppose on Twitter ( hat tipStar Wars News Net ) theLast Jedinovelization will be available onMarch 6 , 2018 . This differs from theForce Awakensnovelization , which attain stock the same day the motion picture came out .

Nope — Star Wars Books ( @DelReyStarWars)September 11 , 2017

While no accurate cause was given for this decision , it is n’t the biggest mickle in the sublime scheme of things . Those concerned in visualize what happens inLast Jediare move to see the movie on the big screen opening weekend , and spoilers will surely reach the net in the days immediately after . There seems to be little value in discharge the novelization in conjunction with the pic ; whatever differences between the two exist will be insignificant equate to what ’s in Rian Johnson ’s final cut ofEpisode VIII . ForStar Warscanon junkies , December 15 of this class discover the outlet of a plethora of otherLast Jeditie - in publications , including the awaited " Art Of " account book and visual dictionary , which should make for playfulness reads in their own right wing . Some will be disappoint by this development , but everything else Lucasfilm has planned make for a compelling consolation dirty money .