Fans Don’t Know How to React to the Star Wars Episode VIII Delay

Cue Vader's "NOOOOOO" all over the place.

Zak Lyons

Published: Jan 20, 2016 08:38 pm

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Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens was a force to be reckoned with when it released to cinemas worldwide last month, and fans of the intergalactic adventure are more excited than ever to continue the journey. This year we’ll see a Star Wars spin-off when Rogue One releases in December, but that’s just a tease. Many people were looking forward to the short half-year wait following that to the May 2017 release of Star Wars Episode VIII. That is, until it was announced today that Episode VIII would be delayed until December 15, 2017.

There was a lot of predictable disappointment.

https://twitter.com/PeterVivonetto/status/689904401549373441
https://twitter.com/carriesridley/status/689899741598105602

@starwars pic.twitter.com/SotSyrohcM

— Todd (@Toddus_Maximus) January 20, 2016

@starwars pic.twitter.com/N7ExFh1cpg

— Constanza (@ziggystardustfc) January 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/hotshotsolo/status/689904379462311936

Others were conflicted.

And by "slow Star Wars releases down" I really mean "I'm already crying"

— Jake Baldino (@JakeBaldino) January 20, 2016

The only reason I'm okay with Star Wars episode 8 being pushed back 7 whole months is because we get another Guardians of the Galaxy that yr

— netlocked (@netlocked) January 20, 2016

Some guessed the delay was to spite other filmmakers.

Star Wars Ep 8 and Ready Player One are both dated Dec 15, 2017

Also, Avatar 2 on Dec 25, 2017

— Wario64 (@Wario64) January 20, 2016

Upon hearing that Avatar 2 will now be competing with Star Wars Episode VIII, James Cameron angrily descended back into the Marianas Trench.

— Ian Phillips (@IanReelDeal) January 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/davidrobots/status/689901002909069312

Whatever the case, Disney’s cornering the market on 2017.

if you're not-disney in 2017 with a movie, you should be scared. no safe dates. disney animation, pixar, 2(3?) marvel movies, star wars.

— Arthur Gies (probably?) (he/him) (@aegies) January 20, 2016

Marvel owns summer. Star Wars dominating holidays every year makes complete sense.

— Mitch Dyer (@MitchyD) January 20, 2016

This guy’s got his priorities straight, at any rate.

@starwars Already got it in the calendar pic.twitter.com/VvwdAaNsNa

— Alan Noah (@alannoah79) January 20, 2016

Got your own enthusiastic reaction to Star Wars Episode VIII’s delay that you want to share? Let us know what you think in the comments, and join the conversation on Twitter.

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Zak Lyons

Zak was a Staff Writer for Twinfinite from 2015 to 2016 who never stopped campaigning for Pokémon Snap 2 until it was finally released. He once played through a dozen Final Fantasy games in one year, and his knowledge of Kingdom Hearts is mildly concerning. Zak covered everything from features, news, guides and reviews for Twinfinite on pretty much all genres, but RPGs are his specialty.