Following JJ Abrams' Episode VII, the studio will alternate each year between an episodic and standalone instalment

The 56-year-old actress joked that Leia will wear her iconic gold bikini in the new film despite being "elderly"

If you've ever wanted to learn to wield a lightsaber, and you happen to live in California, today's your lucky day

The actor who played Luke Skywalker says he is in negotiations but would want "the whole gang" from the original trilogy to be involved

Which Star Wars character would you like to see get their very own film? Chewie, Yoda, Jabba the Hutt, Greedo, Jar Jar Binks?

The studio reveals that it has begun work on two standalone films set in the Star Wars universe - but will one of them be about Yoda?

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy says that's all it took to get the Star Trek director to helm Episode VII of the franchise

Studio puts the reissues of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith on hold to concentrate on Episode VII

The Star Trek Into Darkness director will helm 2015's seventh Star Wars movie according to an “individual with knowledge of the production”

The Incredibles and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol helmsman is the latest in a line of high profile directors to deny an involvement with the 2015 movie project