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Lucas Kasdan - P 2012 George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan  Sources
tell THR that each will write separate projects, not necessarily
"Episode 8" and "Episode 9" -- a plan similar to Marvel's movies
around "The Avengers."   The post-George Lucas Star Wars
universe slowly is taking shape. Soon after it was announced
Oct. 30 that Disney would acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion,
it was revealed that Oscar winner Michael Arndt (Little Miss
Sunshine) had written a 40- to 50-page treatment for the new
trilogy and would be writing the script for Star Wars: Episode
VII.   Then reports emerged the week of Nov. 19 that The Empire
Strikes Back’s Lawrence Kasdan (CAA, Greenberg Glusker) and
Sherlock HolmesSimon Kinberg (CAA, Jackoway Tyerman) would be
writing and producing Episode VIII and Episode IX, even as
Disney and Lucasfilm refused to confirm their top-secret plans.
But now insiders tell THR that while Kasdan and Kinberg indeed
have been hired to work