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Don’t expect to learn the name of Star Wars Episode VIII anytime soon, it seems. Daisy Ridley, who played Rey in Episode VII and will reprise the role in the next film, said in a recent interview that it’s going to be “a while” before Lucasfilm publicly discloses the name of the 2017 movie.

She appeared on a recent episode of the My Dad Wrote a Porno podcast and said she’s heard a title for the movie, but acknowledged that it might not be final.

“I heard a title, and I’m not sure if it’s going to be that,” Ridley said, according to Entertainment Weekly. “I really don’t know much about anything.”

Asked for more details, she explained, “I have heard it, but I heard it a long time ago before we started filming. So I feel like some things have tweaked slightly during [production], but it’s going to be a while before it’s released, I’d imagine.”

As EW points out, Lucasfilm did not give The Force Awakens its official title until November 2014, which was 13 months before the film eventually came out in December 2015. The Rian Johnson-directed Episode VIII, whatever it ends up being called, is scheduled to come to theaters on December 15, 2017. Whether or not that 13-month announcement-to-release period stays true for Episode VIII remains to be seen.

Disney and Lucasfilm have a new Star Wars film, Rogue One, to promote this year, so we’d expect most or all of the focus to be on that film and not the one coming a year later. Rogue One, which is directed by Godzilla‘s Gareth Edwards, comes to theaters in December this year. It is the franchise’s first spinoff movie and stars Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker, and Ben Mendelsohn. Darth Vader will be in it.

You can listen to the full My Dad Wrote a Porno podcast here. It gets its name from creator Jamie Morton, who discovered a dirty book his dad wrote–and decided to read it to everyone, one chapter at a time.

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Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata has spoken up again to talk about why it was decided that the long-awaited and much-anticipated game be delayed from September to November.

Speaking with Famitsu, as translated by and reported on by Kotaku, Tabata started off by stating that “the optimization isn’t [yet] sufficient.” There are “various bugs” throughout the game, while frame rate is not holding to its 30 FPS target as well as Square Enix would like.

Some of Final Fantasy XV’s bugs won’t keep players from advancing (a lot of games have bugs like this), but there are others that Tabata hopes can be fixed before release. “There are still of number of bugs like characters floating unnaturally in the air or appearing all strange [and glitchy],” he explained.

Tabata also talked about how one of his goals with the two months’ extra development time is to “refine the game balance,” though no further details were provided.

As had been discussed when the delay was announced earlier this month, one of the most substantial reasons for the delay, however, was so that Square Enix could avoid a major day-one patch. Not everyone’s console is connected to the internet, Tabata said. He cited data that stated more than 20 percent of gamers in Japan have the internet and a console, but the two aren’t necessarily connected.

Speaking generally about delaying Final Fantasy XV, Tabata previously apologized for pushing the game, saying it was the right move to help “achieve a level of perfection that our fans deserve.”

“We kindly ask for your understanding,” he said.

The Final Fantasy XV movie, Kingsglaive, was not delayed. It debuted in select theaters earlier this month and is now playing in a handful of new markets.

For more on Kingsglaive, a CG movie that features the voices of Sean Bean, Aaron Paul, and Lena Headey, check out GameSpot’s review. You can also read GameSpot’s own interview with Tabata about the Final Fantasy XV delay and more.

It’s been a long time coming for Final Fantasy XV. The game was originally announced years ago as Final Fantasy Versus XIII. It was later was re-named Final Fantasy XV and shifted from last-generation consoles to current platforms. The game’s main concept, world, and story were kept intact during the transition, though there have been some changes.

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