Yesterday we reported that Disney and Lucasfilm were ramping up their long-term grand plans for Star Wars with the announcement that they would be developing a series of movies set apart from Episode VII and on that would focus on individual characters from the Star Wars universe, including a possible Yoda movie.

Entertainment Weekly today broke an exclusive addendum to that revelation with the news that both Han Solo, the roguish but lovable space smuggler that helped make Harrison Ford a star in the original Star Wars movies, and Boba Fett, the masked intergalactic bounty hunter who had little screen time in the original trilogy but has since become a huge fan favorite character, might also be headlining their own standalone movies.

Unless you’ve been unconscious this past week, or live in a lovely Amish community (Stars don’t have wars, silly! They’re God’s decorative lights, and an integral part of his transcendent feng shui skills), it was reported that J.J. Abrams had been chosen to direct Star Wars: Episode VII after a lengthy period of fan speculation and wish listing.

Disney, who sent out a press release to the masses, has now confirmed Abrams’ involvement in the juggernaut movie project, making it all very much official.

Continue reading to check out statements from Abrams, George Lucas, and Kathleen Kennedy to find out what they had to say about the news.

We just saw a new poster for the upcoming Tom Cruise sci-fi movie Oblivion, and now comes the full theatrical trailer for the movie.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy), Oblivion follows a man (Cruise) who works finding and fixing downed drones on a future Earth, which is now devoid of all human life after everyone was evacuated following a massive war that destroyed much of the planet.

Check out the trailer by clicking on over to the other side now.

Since the news broke a month ago that Disney had purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion and was developing Star Wars: Episode VII for a 2015 release, British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has been, despite constant denials, one of the frontrunners for the highly-coveted directing gig. At the recent London premiere of Seven Psychopaths actor Jason Flemyng, a close friend and collaborator of Vaughn’s since the director was producing Guy Ritchie’s quotable gangster pictures, let something very interesting slip during an interview with DIY TV, according to their Twitter feed:

Okay, they said “Star Wars IV”. That could be a modest little joke on Flemyng’s part or maybe the interviewer misinterpreted something her said. Obviously a remake of A New Hope is not even on any sane person’s mind and never will be. In any case, DIY TV later took to their Twitter to correct their previous snafu.

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The great thing about owning Star Wars (if you happen to have a few billion dollars hiding in your gigantic couch cushions, as Disney did), is that you don’t have to wait around to see if one movie will do well enough to warrant a sequel and eventual franchise. It’s already one of the most established franchises in history, a guaranteed cash cow. And they plan on jumping all over that fact like a frat boy would a freshly microwaved burrito…hopefully to our collective delight, and not our condemnation.

We’ve already found out that Oscar winning Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt will write the first planned movie, Star Wars Episode VII, for its 2015 release. But now comes word that the company is already looking at two more writers to take on the next two installments, Star Wars Episode VIII (or IIX? Have we ever gotten this high with a Roman numeral movie franchise?) and Star Wars Episode IX.