The release date of "Star Wars 8" ("Star Wars: Episode VIII") has been pushed back anew.

The film's production has reportedly been delayed, which has given its director Rian Johnson more time to do last-minute script rewrites, according to Arcstechnica.

Due to this development, the movie will premiere in theatres in December 2017 instead of the original May 2017 schedule that was as originally announced.

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Various rumors have been flying thick and fast on what has been the major cause of the delay, although it has been mainly attributed to the reshuffling of the movie's focus to provide more screen time to the film's popular characters which include Rey, Finn, and Poe.

However, The Wrap reporter Jeff Snyder may have the inside track on the making of "Star Wars" 8 and its release date, as he spilled the beans during the Meet the Movie Press podcast this week.

In particular, Snyder explained the recent goings-on in the film's shooting schedule which specifically involved two unnamed female characters.

"Last week we mentioned Bel Powely and Gina Rodriguez," the movie scribe said. "Now I heard Gina didn't get it. Now I am told Episode VIII has been pushed about a month."

"Rian Johnson is going to do another rewrite, and I heard an Asian actress got the role Bel and Gina were up for," he continued. "But I don't know if the Bel Powely thing will work out."

"I said before there were two young female roles, now I actually heard that the rewrite will make these roles smaller," he added. "They want to get to know better the characters they already have. So th

 

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