More Star Wars Movies?

According to a mole who posted to TheForce.net (whose site is not available today), George Lucas might be considering creating Episodes VII, VIII, IX of the Star Wars series. The mole reports that employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects company that work exclusively on the Star Wars films, have signed non-disclosure agreements that legally prevents them from discussing anything associated with Episodes VII, VIII and IX.

"Why sign a non-disclosure if there's nothing to disclose," seems to be the argument used then to prove that more SW films are in the works. LucasFilm says no non-disclosures were signed.

Personally I'm not buying it. Lucas said he's done with the films after next summer's Revenge of the Sith and I believe him.

What is interesting though, is a couple of weeks ago it was announced that George Lucas was setting up an overseas animation studio. There might not be any new films coming, but considering the success of the Clone Wars cartoons on Cartoon Network, maybe Lucas is considering continuing stories in the Star Wars universe through an animated show. That might explain the non-disclosure rumor - if it holds up to be true.

Interesting to consider.