Johnson said there was "never any outline or treatment or anything" for the remainder of the films, though he did note that the ideas he had were "all very conceptual" without further elaboration. Lucasfilm first announced the planned trilogy in November 2017, a month before The Last Jedi 's theatrical release.

The Star Wars sequel trilogy introduced a host of new characters to go alongside the returning legacy stars, and one of the most interesting was Supreme Leader Snoke. The mysterious leader of the First Order was well-developed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, yet he was abruptly killed in the sequel.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi filmmaker Rian Johnson has shared his plans for his trilogy of Star Wars films, which was announced in 2017 but never materialised. While Star Wars studio LucasFilm initially stated that Johnson was going to develop three additional movies, the status of the project has become increasingly ambiguous over the past few years.