http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/01/30/disney-confirms-star-wars-episode-viii-and-episode-ix-release-dates/)
“As one of the few people allowed to visit the set during filming … and one of the fewer who’s seen most of the footage … I can assure the millions of Star Wars fans who have spent the last decade hoping for a new movie this one will be worth the wait,” Iger wrote. “And it’s only the beginning of a new era of exceptional Star Wars storytelling; next year we’ll release our first standalone movie based on these characters, followed by Star Wars: Episode VIII in 2017, and we’ll finish this trilogy with Episode IX in 2019.”
That's a pretty fast release schedule compared to the past. To think people were actually getting upset that a movie wouldn't come out in May.