The L.A. Times has announced that Rian Johnson will write and direct Episode VIII (the second movie of the sequel trilogy and eighth overall). Planning ahead, are we? Usually I like to wait for an official announcement, but after a few days of reading about him I thought it was intriguing enough to post. Johnson is the writer/director of several independent movies, including futuristic crime film Looper (link contains spoilers), and some episodes of Breaking Bad.
