Obviously, you've spent the last couple of weeks excited for the April launch of Marvel's Star Wars: Poe Dameron comic (and desperately hoping someone over there is pitching the Inside Llewyn Davis comic, too). But that's not all that's been going on in the Star Wars universe.

With The Force Awakens continuing its hugely successful run at the box office—although it won't beat James Cameron's Avatar internationally—there is still a lot happening on many fronts when it comes to Star Wars. Because you're too busy to keep up with it all, here's everything you need to know in one Ewok-size package.

Christmas Belongs to Star Wars Now

Source: The facts come from Disney, the speculation from the Internet

Probability of Accuracy: The Force is strong with this one.

The Real Deal: Yes, the release date for Star Wars: Episode VIII has been pushed from May 2017 to December of that year, putting it in line with The Force Awakens and this December's Star Wars: Rogue One and forever confirming that future generations will believe that Star Wars is the most exciting part of the holiday season. But why the move? Disney and Lucasfilm aren't saying officially, but these tweets from *The Hollywood Reporter'*s Borys Kit offered some potential reasoning:

Some (Non-Plot) Teases For Star Wars: Rogue One

Source: Internet rumors

Probability of Accuracy: At this point, who can tell?

The Real Deal: With The Force Awakens essentially behind us, attentions are turning to Rogue One, Gareth Edwards' Star Wars: A New Hope prequel that'll be brightening up this year's holiday season. Ahead of the movie's first trailer—which must, surely, be coming soon...?—JoBlo shared some potential information about the movie. Consider this your spoiler warning, even though it mostly avoids any plot details.

According to the site's anonymous source, Darth Vader will be playing "a larger role than originally thought" in the movie, and he won't be the only bad guy dressed in all black; apparently, there will be a new category of stormtroopers in the movie with black armor called "Death Troopers." That won't be the only redesign of a familiar look we'll get in the picture, with a redesigned TIE fighter apparently also forthcoming. (It's worth noting that, given the movie's placement in Star Wars continuity, these would technically be prototypes for both the stormtroopers and the TIE fighters as fans know them ... but even just pointing that out feels a little too nerdy, I know.)

Also teased by JoBlo is the reported "scene stealer" of the movie: a reprogrammed Imperial droid who now works with the Rebels. (Shades of Mr. Bones from Chuck Wendig's Star Wars: Aftermath novel!)

All of this is both vague enough to be easily dismissed later if none of it turns out to be true ("They repainted the stormtroopers in post!") and weirdly exciting for the fanbase (come on, Death Troopers), so should we consider this win/win for all involved?

In An Alternate Universe, We Got the Han Solo Prequel 11 Years Ago

Source: Lucasfilm's archives, via the Internet

Probability of Accuracy: It's the real thing.

The Real Deal: Here's a strange piece of Star Wars history that came back to light recently, and seems even more interesting given plans for a 2018 movie centering on Han Solo's youth (about which, here are two potential Solos talking about the role): a young Han Solo was originally going to make an appearance in 2005's Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

As revealed in the Art of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith book back in '05, plans for the movie at one point included a cameo from a 10-year-old Solo, who would be raised by Wookiees on Kashyyyk, where he would run into Yoda and help the Jedi master track down General Grievous. The young Solo would have been portrayed as "an absolute slob," according to concept artist Iain McCaig.

Given the general ill-feeling towards the prequel trilogy, we can perhaps consider that Han had a lucky escape by not showing up in there after all, despite the weird and wonderful twist it adds to his backstory. (Not the slob thing, the being raised by Wookiees thing.) But on the other hand, feeling relieved that this didn't actually happen just makes the in-development Han Solo prequel feel all the more unnecessary. We don't need to see a rebooted Han Solo, Lucasfilm. Really. We all love Han, but still.

Say Goodbye to Your Live-Action Star Wars TV Show Dreams (For Now)

Source: ABC and Lucasfilm themselves

Probablity of Accuracy: On target

The Real Deal: After more than a decade of on-off development (including the creation of numerous scripts by writers like *Battlestar Galactica'*s Ronald D. Moore), it appears that the Star Wars live action TV series announced waaaaay back at Celebration III is seemingly dead. Maybe.

Certainly, the version that was rumored for Disney sibling ABC isn't happening; ABC president Paul Lee told TV Line that, while he would love to have a Star Wars TV show, Lucasfilm is "focused on their movies, so we don't have any plans at the moment." A Lucasfilm rep confirmed that take, telling the site "our current focus for TV is on animation."

However, the project might not be entirely dead; Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said that the existing material developed for the project was "something we very much would like to explore" while promoting The Force Awakens last year, and after that movie's release, new rumors started suggesting it might end up on Netflix. (Such a thing wouldn't be a first; the final season of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiered on the streaming service.) Is Netflix different from "regular" TV enough to give the company wiggle room from it's "our current focus is on animation" statement, or is this just wishful thinking? Time, and Kathleen Kennedy, will tell.

This Summer, You'll Be Able to Visit Cloud City

Source: The folks that make Star Wars: Battlefront

Probability of Accuracy: A direct hit

The Real Deal: Fans of the original Star Wars movie trilogy dedicated to reliving it through the medium of videogames, rejoice: Dice and EA announced four new expansions for Star Wars Battlefront to be released over the next year or so (the fourth and final expansion is undated beyond "early 2017"), including new missions on the Outer Rim—Jabba's palace!—Cloud City, and the Death Star. The fourth location remains a mystery for now, but don't be too surprised if it ends up being something tying in to either The Force Awakens or Rogue One. (An expansion that lets you play the same mission as the Rebel spies of Rogue One? If that's not what's planned, it should be.)

The expansions start with the Outer Rim in March, with Bespin following this summer and the Death Star in fall. All are available via the game's season pass, and will also be sold separately two weeks after their season pass debut.