Kasdan has a long association with Lucasfilm, having worked on the scripts of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi - the second and third instalments of the first Star Wars trilogy.

BBC: 'Stand-alone' Star Wars films planned

Kasdan worked on the scripts of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi - the second and third instalments of the first Star Wars trilogy while Kinberg is best known for his work on X-Men: The Last Stand and Guy Ritchie's hit reboot of Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr.

BBC: New Star Wars film yearly from 2015

It all started back in 1997 when he gave the three original films - Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) - a bit of a makeover.

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In the coming year, Hasbro will release toys to support the upcoming Avengers film, as well as the next Spider-Man flick, and another batch of toys based on Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

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