The films, written by Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg, will be released between 2015 and 2021, he continued.

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Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg each will write one of the new films and consult on the next three "Star Wars" sequels.

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Also consulting on the project are Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg.

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And Simon Kinberg, author of the recent Sherlock Holmes franchise starter and the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, will also be involved as either another write or producer, or maybe both.

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