( CNN ) -- That galaxy far , far away is apparently bigger than first thought . The `` Star Wars '' franchise will get two spinoff movies , Disney chief executive officer Bob Iger announced Tuesday . `` We are in development of a few standalone films that are not part of the 'Star Wars ' saga , '' he said . `` There are now creative entities working on developing scripts for what would be those standalone films . '' The two films , if they make it out of development , will be released after Episode VII , which Iger said is on target for summer 2015 . Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg each will write one of the new films and consult on the next three `` Star Wars '' sequels . `` Each standalone film will focus on a specific character , '' Lucasfilm said on its starwars.com site . Lucasfilm will disclose more details about the spinoff in the future , Iger said . Kasdan wrote the screenplays for `` The Empire Strikes Back '' and `` Return of the Jedi . '' He also penned the script for `` Raiders of the Lost Ark . '' Kinberg has written eight screenplays , according to the Internet Movie Database . His works include `` Mr. & Mrs. Smith '' and `` Sherlock Holmes . '' He also did the screenplay for the next installment in the `` X-Men '' films , according to IMDB.com . The announcement comes three months after Disney bought Lucasfilm for $ 4 billion and just days after it revealed that J.J. Abrams has been signed to direct the next `` Star Wars '' episode . Abrams has experience with movies in blockbuster franchises . He directed the 2009 `` Star Trek '' movie and his company , Bad Robot , produced `` Mission : Impossible Ghost Protocol , '' the 2011 movie in that franchise . In addition to his film work , Abrams has a long resume on TV . He created `` Felicity , '' `` Alias , '' `` Lost '' and `` Fringe , '' among others . Michael Arndt will write the screenplay for Episode VII , according to Disney . The release of 3-D versions of `` Star Wars '' Episodes II and III , previously planned for next fall , have been postponed while Lucasfilm focuses on new episodes , executives announced last week .
one writers tapped to develop screenplays for standalone films . Lucasfilm said the standalones will be written around one character . Next `` Star Wars '' film due out is Episode VII . J.J. Abrams will write that Two , and Michael Arndt will direct .