Confusing Star Wars News

Okay, so I titled this "Confusing Star Wars News" because I just finished reading two different articles regarding the Star Wars franchise.  The first article intrigued me.  THR was interviewing Bob Iger, who is Disney's CEO, and they were discussing the future of Star Wars.  While talking, Iger said that at present, the third film in the Anthology series (slated for 2020) is the last movie that they have made arrangements for, but he also added:

"I had a meeting yesterday with Kathy Kennedy and we mapped out---well, we reviewed---the Star Wars plans that we have until 2020.  We have movies in development until then, and we started talking about what we're going to do in 2021 and beyond.  So, she's not just making a Star Wars movie, she's making a Star Wars universe, of sorts."

He also said that they have a writer on board for the third Anthology film.  What the third Anthology film will be about is still a mystery, but if they have a writer, then I'm guessing that they have a pretty good idea of where they want to go with it.  The fact that they've got a writer for it already must mean that they have a good feeling that the Anthology films will be a hit with their fans, right?  Not necessarily.

This is the confusing part that I was talking about.  Immediately after reading this story, I read another one that said that Disney and Lucasfilm are trying to downplay the success that they're hoping for when Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comes out.  While I understand why they are doing this, it also troubles me, and I'll get to that in a second, but back to Disney downplaying the movie.  Bob Iger said, "We never felt it would do the level that Force Awakens did."  That kind of seems like the understatement of the year, right?  What I'm taking away from all of this is that they are nervous about the Rogue One movie.  It'll be the first movie that takes place in the Star Wars universe, that isn't part of the "Skywalker Saga," as some people have named the Episode movies.  Technically, it is apart of the Star Wars story, but it won't feature any of the Skywalker's for the first time in a Star Wars movie.  That means that Disney might be a little nervous as to how well it will be received by the fans.  The confusing part for me is, why jump ahead to the third Anthology film so soon when they don't even know if fans are going to like the first one?  They've already begun work on the second Anthology film, which will focus on a young Han Solo, so they can't exactly wait to film that one if Rogue One crashed and burns, but shouldn't they hold off at least until after it's released to see how well it does before announcing that a writer has already been obtained for the third film?  Especially if you're nervous that fans won't embrace it like the other films?  It just doesn't make sense to me.

So what do you think.  Do you think that I'm reading too much into these two separate articles, and Disney does in fact think that Rogue One will be a hit, just not as big of a hit that The Force Awakens was?  Or do you think that they are a little nervous and may be getting a little bit ahead of themselves with these Anthology films, like I do?  Let me know what you think about this in the comments section down below.