Disney Wants Lawrence Kasdan on Star Wars Episode VIII

UPDATE: THR reports the deals are closed. Kasdan and Kinberg will write and produce the sequels.

How excited should we be for Star Wars: Episode VIII and IX?

Episode VII remains without a director, cast or release date, save for a vague 2015 promise. Disney went high-class hiring Oscar-winner Michael Arndt. That hasn't stopped them from lining up additional scribes.

Per "TOLDJA," the House of the Mouse (turned House of the Force) is rumored to be commissioning Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg for the latter chapters of the third Star Wars trilogy.

Yes, that Lawrence Kasdan.

The man responsible for The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The screenwriter (later an accomplished director in his own right) who penned the greatest sequel of all-time and greatest action/adventure film could return to the universe he helped to steer as George Lucas handed responsibility to he and director Irvin Kershner.

It sounds on the "too good to be true" side. Not my believing Kasdan being approached (No doubt he has), but if his return to that galaxy far, far away is a good idea. Not the same guy who wrote the Star Wars sequels thirty-plus years ago. So you can't expect the same results. Just setting yourself up for disappointment, though it's interesting Disney and producer Kathleen Kennedy want him for the middle chapter when everything goes to Hell. Just like in The Empire Strikes Back. Not a coincidence, folks.