Victoria Mahoney becomes Star Wars' first African-American female director

There's major news for the next 'Star War's film. A milestone has been created and it's not in a galaxy far, far away, but very much on Earth. The 'Star Wars' franchise has grabbed headlines and taken a big step towards diversification by hiring its first-ever African-American female director. Director Ava DuVernay of 'A Wrinkle in Time' made the announcement via her Twitter account of upcoming 'Episode IX' film

director

and executive producer, J.J. Abrams, hiring Victoria Mahoney as the second unit director for the film. This will make Victoria the first woman of colour to serve as a director in any of the

Star Wars

films.
Ava wrote on Twitter: "Happy to share this historic news. A black woman directing stories in a galaxy far, far away. First unit director #JJAbrams. Second unit director @VictoriaMahoney.

#StarWarsE9

#StarWars." Victoria is herself an established filmmaker and has worked on shows like ‘Gypsy’ and ‘

Grey’s Anatomy

’.
“Star Wars: Episode IX” is slated to release on December 20, 2019.
Meanwhile, several interesting tidbits of information have been doing the rounds online about the upcoming film. '

Star Wars: Episode IX

' is said to see

Finn

and

Rey

reuniting. It may also be filmed in the western Scottish county of Argyll.