Star Wars goes into hyperdrive

In the 35 years that the Star Wars universe was under the stewardship of George Lucas, it spawned six movies and an animated TV show. By 2020, and in only eight years, Disney will have matched that output

New Rogue One poster

Alden Ehrenreich will play young Han Solo

THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE

1977 Star Wars Ep IV A New Hope

1980 Star Wars Ep V The Empire Strikes Back

1983 Star Wars Ep VI Return of the Jedi

1999 Star Wars Ep I The Phantom Menace

2002 Star Wars Ep II Attack of the Clones

2005 Star Wars Ep III Revenge of the Sith

2008* Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2012 Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.05bn

2014‡ Star Wars Rebels†

2015 Star Wars Ep VII The Force Awakens

2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2017 Star Wars Episode VIII

2018 Untitled young Han Solo movie

2019 Star Wars Episode IX

2019 Disney opens Star Wars theme parks

2020† Untitled Boba Fett movie

New parks to open at Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida 

Artist’s concept of forthcoming 14-acre Star Wars-themed land – Disney’s largest ever single-themed expansion

*Ran for five seasons, until 2015

†Animated TV show

‡In its third season

Sources: Disney, IMDB, wire agencies

Pictures: Disney/Lucasfilm, Getty Images