Star Wars 9 May Feature Return to Jakku

Mark Pickup , an extra onStar Wars : The Force Awakens , cite that the Skywalker saga could give to the desert wasteland of Jakku inStar Wars : Episode IX . Though viewers are still waiting to see the middle chapter of the sequel trilogy , Rian Johnson’sThe Last Jedi , Lucasfilm is gearing up to protrude filming on the tremendous finis . yield onStar state of war 9isset to begin in January 2018 , ahead of the motion-picture show ’s May 2019 release date . Recently , BAFTA achiever Jack Thornewas lend on to rewrite the script , as managing director Colin Trevorrow handle his various pre - production responsibilities .

Chief among the job on Trevorrow ’s to - do lean is location scouting , figuring out which real - world places will be used to bring the galax far , far aside to life . That job might be a picayune easier , thanks to the workplace done by J.J. Abrams and crew during their clip onEpisode VII . From the audio of thing , the story grouping is plan another journey to Jakku .

While on the Everything Geek Podcast ( hat tipMaking Star Wars ) , Mark Pickup ( who played a Jakku pack rat ) articulate he ’s hear whenEpisode IXcommences chief photography next year , the programme is to go back to Abu Dhabi to shoot a scene . For those not in the know , Abu Dhabi was used for Jakku in the first act ofThe Force Awakens , so it appear as if audiences will see Rey ’s home macrocosm again . Of course , this is far from official confirmation , but Pickup is a member of theStar Warsfamily , so he ’s in all likelihood secret to some information about forthcoming projection . It ’s not out of the question for the enfranchisement to use the same actor for multiple role ( see : Warwick Davis ) , so Lucasfilm may have pass on out to Pickup to see if he ’s available forEpisode IX .

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Since Trevorrow begins ramble his camera in about five months , some particular aboutEpisode IXshould be made public soon . This would let in not only the cast list ( with any new roles ) , but also the filming locations and Lucasfilm shut the book on another trilogy in the saga . The studio will in all probability wait until afterThe Last Jedihype dies down to partake any info they have , but as luck would have it that is mightily around the corner .