Via Yahoo.com:

While a certain segment of Star Wars fandom isn’t pleased as Boonta Eve Punch that J.J. Abrams will helm the still-untitled Episode IX after Colin Trevorrow’s surprise departure, the director of The Force Awakens does have the Force-ful endorsement of one galactic veteran. “I’m really happy J.J. is back,” Domhnall Gleeson tells Yahoo Entertainment while chatting about his role in the upcoming drug-running drama American Made. Of course, the Irish actor — who reprises his Force Awakens role as First Order commander General Hux in the upcoming middle chapter, The Last Jedi — emphasizes to Yahoo Movies that his endorsement shouldn’t be taken as confirmation that Hux will play a role in Abrams’s trilogy-capper, set to hit theaters on Dec. 20, 2019. “They haven’t revealed who is going to be in the third one.”

Having been directed by Abrams once before, Gleeson has firsthand experience with what makes the geek icon a good steward for George Lucas’s creation. “J.J. wasn’t afraid of it,” he says of his time observing Abrams on the set of The Force Awakens. “He worked with Lawrence Kasdan on the script and Kathy Kennedy, and brought an energy to it that was very, very strong. He knew what he was doing and pushed really hard to get what he needed; he’s uncompromising in a nice way. People care deeply about the Star Wars world, but you also have to be able to do your own thing. Otherwise, why is it you making it and not just anyone?”

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