N'ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 2012, onye okike Star Wars bụ George Lucas rere ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe ya bụ Lucasfilm, ya na Star Wars franchise, na The Walt Disney Company. Disney kwupụtara usoro ọhụụ nke Star Wars. J. J. Abrams ka a họpụtara onye nduzi nke mbụ na usoro atọ ahụ, The Force Awakens, na Jenụwarị 2013. Na June 2014, onye nduzi Rian Johnson ka a kọrọ na ọ na-ekwu okwu iji dee ma duzie ihe nkiri ya, Nkebi nke Asatọ, na ide ọgwụgwọ maka ihe nkiri nke atọ, Nkebi nke IX, na Ram Bergman na-emepụta ihe nkiri abụọ ahụ. Johnson kwupụtara na August 2014 na ọ ga-eduzi Nkebi nke Asatọ. Na Septemba, onye na-eme ihe nkiri Terry Gilliam jụrụ Johnson banyere ihe ọ dị ka iweghara ihe mere site na ihe nkiri ọzọ a ma ama. Johnson zara: Ajụjụ: Ego ole ka a ga-atụ anya?
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