It was already an open secret and finally It has been confirmed, Colin Trevorrow will direct the episode IX of 'Star Wars'.
For weeks the rumor had already circulated that the director of 'Safety Not Guaranteed' and 'Jurassic World' was going to take over the final episode of the last trilogy of the saga, and they have finally officially confirmed it from Lucasfilm.
With this announcement, all but one of the films in the 'Star Wars' universe are being prepared that have a director. Soon we will 'Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens' ('Star Wars. Episode VII: The Force Awakens') directed by JJ Abrams, in 2017 it will be the episode VIII, still without title, the one that will come to us by the hand of Rian Johnson and now is the episode IX the one that already has a director, Colin Trevorrow.
On the other hand, the directors of the franchise spin-offs are also known 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story', to be directed by Gareth Edwards and that will arrive at the end of next year, the Han Solo spin-off coming in 2018 and directed by Philip Lord and Chris Miller. Then now It only remains to know who will be the one to get behind the cameras in the spin-off about Bobba Fett that is preparing for 2020 and that was originally going to be directed by Josh Trank, who left the project.