Movies are empathy machines, as Roger Ebert once wrote. The best films allow us to experience emotions we may not have felt otherwise through a particular character’s story. But some movies conjure emotions that we’re actively seeking out. Happiness.

Simon Kinberg is the latest filmmaker to join the franchise with his very own trilogy, but we've heard that one before.

A new "Star Wars" film trilogy written by "X-Men" producer Simon Kinberg is in the early stages of development at Walt Disney Co, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Kinberg, who co-created animated series "Star Wars Rebels,

The director of the new trilogy has a filmography that is both reassuring and perhaps concerning, but he may not even get the chance to make these films