During their annual meeting of shareholders held today, Disney revealed more details about their upcoming Star Wars projects, including Star Wars: Episode VIII.

Rian Johnson, who was reportedly signed on to direct Star Wars: Episode VIII, has been officially confirmed for the position, as well as for screenwriter for the sequel. It is still not known if the director will return for Star Wars: Episode IX, but previous reports have stated that he is attached to it.

Episode VIII will hit theaters on May 26, 2017, which marks the return of the Star Wars film franchise opening on its traditional May release. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is one the first Star Wars film to deviate from the May release, trading it in for a December 2015 release. J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy had had a public fight to get the film released on May 2016, to no avail.

Now we still don’t know much about Episode VIII, though we’d like to think there is a linear story to all of this and the events in The Force Awakens will have an impact on Episode VIII. The fact that Daisy Ridley is also confirmed for all three Star Wars films leads us to believe that there is some connective thread.

But here is the official confirmation that was released on the official Star Wars website:

Johnson is also rumored to be directing Episode IX, although the site makes no mention if he is in talks or if he is actually signed on to direct it.

Of note, Disney also announced at the shareholders meeting details of the 2016 Star Wars Spinoff Film directed by Gareth Edwards, as well as plans for a Frozen sequel.

[Source: StarWars.com]