Invoice Murray mentioned it in 1978 and we’re nonetheless saying it at the moment: “Star Wars! Nothing however Star Wars! Give me those Star Wars! Don’t allow them to finish…” Star Wars is everywhere these days, with a number of motion pictures and TV shows within the works from Disney and Lucasfilm. This text provides you with probably the most up-to-date Star Wars launch dates so you understand precisely when each new Star Wars film or Disney+ show will arrive.
What are the following three motion pictures? What TV reveals are developing? Have any TV reveals or motion pictures been canceled? We’ve obtained you coated.
This publish was final up to date on 4/12/2023.
What’s the following Star Wars film?
Both James Mangold, Dave Filoni, or Sharmeen Obaid-Chioy’s Movie
Launch Date: TBD, however December 19, 2025 or December 17, 2027 (In Theaters)
At Star Wars Celebration 2023 in London, Lucasfilm announced that three Star Wars movies are now in the works.
- James Mangold (Indiana Jones 5) will direct a movie 25,000 years earlier than any recognized Star Wars timeline in regards to the first Jedi to make use of the Power.
- Dave Filoni will direct a movie that’s form of the Star Wars Disney+ Avengers, telling the story of a climactic occasion assembly the tales of The Guide of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Ahsoka and extra within the time between Return of the Jedi and The Power Awakens.
- And Sharmeen Obaid-Chioy will direct a movie set 15 years after the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker following Rey (Daisy Ridley) as she creates a New Jedi Order.
This final one, we predict, is the movie that Damon Lindelof (Misplaced, The Leftovers, Watchmen) was co-writing with Justin Britt-Gibson earlier than departing the undertaking. Steven Knight is now reportedly writing.
Per week after the information of those movies first broke, it started to appear just like the Rey undertaking by Obaid-Chioy could be the first one out of the gate.
Present Star Wars Tasks
The Mandalorian Season 3
Launch Date: Each Wednesday via April 19 (On Disney+)
If The Guide of Boba Fett taught us something it’s that The Mandalorian is the present crown jewel of Star Wars. So in fact the present’s major character is coming again, for a brand new season that gained’t simply choose up the place season two left off (the two Mando-centric episodes of Book of Boba took care of that). Now we’ll see what’s subsequent for our helmeted hero and his ward Grogu, who now has his very personal go well with of Mandalorian armor. At D23, a new trailer was revealed; in December, it was confirmed the collection would return March 1. A full official trailer was launched in January.
Bryce Dallas Howard will return to direct an episode within the third season in addition to Greef Karga himself, Carl Weathers. Together with the January trailer, we additionally discovered Rick Famuyiwa, Rachel Morrison, Lee Isaac Chung, and Peter Ramsey will direct episodes.
The season is presently airing and right here’s what occurred in every episode to this point:
Upcoming Star Wars launch dates
These reveals and flicks have all been formally introduced and are in numerous phases of manufacturing, even when we don’t know when they’ll positively come out.
Star Wars Visions Season 2
Launch Date: Might 4 (On Disney+)
It’s official. On Might 4 Star Wars Visions will return for season two. It’s a global season with episodes coming from the U.S., Japan, Chile, the UK, France, South Africa, South Korea, India, Eire, and Spain. Earlier this yr, we obtained a rundown of the animation homes and the episode titles, which you can read in full at this link, however they embody Aardman (Wallace and Gromit), Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells), 88 Photos (Trollhunters), Studio Mir (The Legend of Korra) and others.
Disney then released the first trailer at Star Wars Celebration 2023.
Star Wars: Ahsoka
Launch Date: August 2023 (On Disney+)
The primary full live-action Ahsoka Tano present from co-creator Dave Filoni has completed manufacturing and is coming quickly. Rosario Dawson is, in fact, returning. And our first look at footage confirmed that actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo has been cast as Sabine Wren; extra lately, Eman Esfandi was confirmed as Ezra Bridger. At Star Wars Celebration this yr we discovered Mary Elizabeth Winstead is taking part in Hera Syndulla, Lars Mikkelsen is playing Grand Admiral Thrawn and Wes Chatham is his right-hand man.
What does that each one imply? Properly, in the first teaser trailer, you possibly can see she’ll make good on the Star Wars Rebels finale and go after Thrawn. And what in regards to the reality she is aware of Luke Skywalker now? And how does Ray Stevenson’s lightsaber-wielding character slot in?
Lately, Filoni told io9 that he’s “very pleased” with the present and excited for followers to see this sequel to Rebels in live-action.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Launch Date: 2023 (On Disney+)
Created by Spider-Man Homecoming/Far From Residence/No Method Residence director Jon Watts together with author Chris Ford, this thriller Star Wars present is now presently in growth. The title for the present was launched throughout the Star Wars Celebration, and was beforehand internally referred as “Grammar Radio.” Celebration additionally revealed its headlining star, Jude Law.
Set after the occasions of Return of the Jedi, Skeleton Crew is described as an journey within the mould of Amblin adventures of the Nineteen Eighties. The present can be about seeing the galaxy via the eyes of kids (however it’s not a children present), and can comply with a gaggle of kids who get misplaced within the galaxy and attempt to discover their means house. Jon Watts defined that the collection will happen throughout the identical time interval because the upcoming Ahsoka collection and The Mandalorian.
Filming on the collection started in 2022 and resulted in early 2023. And although not a lot is find out about what occurs on the present, it has been revealed that The Daniels, the Oscar-winning administrators of Every thing All over the place All At As soon as, directed an episode. Ditto David Lowery, who did the movie The Inexperienced Knight. Read more about the show here.
io9 noticed the primary footage at Star Wars Celebration 2023 and you can read about it here. Three of the primary stars of the present are performed by Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter, and Robert Timothy Smit.
Star Wars: The Acolyte
Launch Date: 2024 (On Disney+)
Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland would be the first particular person to convey the superb Excessive Republic timeline into live-action with this present, lengthy rumored to star Amandla Stenberg earlier than an precise affirmation finally arrived at San Diego Comic-Con 2022—one in all few Star Wars bits of stories to emerge from the conference.
In an interview in 2022, Headland revealed the present can be about 100 years earlier than the occasions of The Phantom Menace. “Quite a lot of these characters haven’t even been born but,” she mentioned. “We’re having a look on the political and private and non secular issues that got here up in a time interval that we don’t know a lot about. My query when watching The Phantom Menace was all the time like, ‘Properly, how did issues get so far?’ How did we get to a degree the place a Sith lord can infiltrate the Senate and not one of the Jedi choose up on it? Like, what went mistaken? What are the situations that led us to this second?”
In an interview released later, Headland spoke about her goals for the series. For Headland, above all else The Acolyte is a thriller, and that thriller is determining what’s going on on this peak interval. It was additionally recommended that The Acolyte will convey extra parts from the Expanded Universe to canon, however what components that can be integrated will stay to be seen.
In September 2022, each Jodie Turner-Smith and Squid Sport’s Emmy-winning Lee Jung-Jae joined the forged, with an official announcement in November including Carrie-Anne Moss, Manny Jacinto, and others to the roster. The primary picture, which you see above, was launched in November and you can read about the first footage here, which was proven at Star Wars Celebration 2023.
Andor: Season 2
Launch Date: August 2024 (On Disney+)
Season one of Tony Gilroy’s Rogue One prequel starring Diego Luna confirmed an excitingly totally different facet of Star Wars. Season two will reportedly be spread across the four years leading up to Rogue One, with 4 episodes overlaying annually in Cassian Andor’s life till that fateful level. Filming started in late 2022.
At Star Wars Celebration 2023, Gilroy introduced the present must be out in August 2024 and confirmed followers the primary footage from the season. Read about it here.
Star Wars: A Droid Story
Launch Date: TBD (On Disney+)
Lucasfilm Animation is teaming up with Industrial Mild and Magic for this streaming present that can “introduce us to a brand new hero, guided by legendary duo R2-D2 and C-3PO.” We don’t know something past that.
Star Wars: Lando
Launch Date: TBD (On Disney+)
We haven’t heard a lot on the Lando entrance in just a few years, however when it was introduced we discovered that Expensive White Individuals creator Justin Simien was growing an “occasion collection” in regards to the character. Not a lot has been heard since however, in an April 2023 article, Donald Glover hinted that he’s nonetheless and it’s nonetheless potential within the works.
Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Film
Launch Date: TBD
In Might 2020, information broke that Oscar-winning director of Thor: Ragnarok would be helming and co-writing along with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. “Taika’s method to Star Wars can be recent, sudden, and … distinctive,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy mentioned. “His huge expertise and humorousness will make sure that audiences are in for an unforgettable journey.”
There was a time when this was more likely to be the following Star Wars movie however, after Star Wars Celebration 2023, it looks like it’s now on the again burner.
The newest information although was on March 7 which strongly suggests not only will Waititi’s movie be next, he’ll star in it. Past that, previously, Waititi has mentioned some broad concepts of what he needs to do together with his upcoming movie. Learn these beneath.
Star Wars Films and TV Exhibits That Are At present Unscheduled and Haven’t Been Formally Introduced, However We Assume Are Nonetheless Taking place
The Guide of Boba Fett Season 2
Launch Date: TBD (On Disney+)
The Book of Boba Fett season one ended with the implication that we’d see more of these character in the future. However alas, there was no official announcement… but. We count on it to be coming quickly. However you dive into the making-of season one whereas we wait.
Untitled Shawn Levy Film
Launch Date: TBD
Shawn Levy, the prolific director and producer behind Stranger Issues, Night time on the Museum, and Free Man is gearing up to develop a film in a galaxy far far away. He’ll concentrate on that after finishing Deadpool 3, which stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
Star Wars Films and TV Exhibits That Are At present Unscheduled and Most likely NOT Going To Occur
Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic
Initially introduced alongside reveals like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, and Andor, Rangers of the New Republic was rumored to be Cara Dune’s present which might tie into The Mandalorian and Guide of Boba Fett. Nonetheless, with actress Gina Carano not part of Star Wars, word on the street is this will no longer be happening. Nothing is official though.
Untitled Rian Johnson Trilogy
Let’s be sincere. Do we predict that is taking place anymore? Most likely not. Rian Johnson has moved on to other things. However, till we hear in any other case (and nobody is formally saying), we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out that earlier than the divisive launch of The Final Jedi, Lucasfilm officially said Johnson would make his very own trilogy. It hasn’t formally been canceled but however, in a brand new interview, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy recommended that it’s been placed on the back burner as Johnson does different issues. With Johnson’s subsequent movie, Glass Onion, set for launch in late 2022 although, he’s been quoted saying he still hopes these movies happen. So can we.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
For a number of years, Surprise Girl director Patty Jenkins’ movie about pilots within the Star Wars universe has been earmarked as the following movie. Properly, that’s not the case. After months of rumors suggesting it might move off its 2023 release date, Disney formally took it off the schedule. On December 13 2022, Jenkins mentioned the film remains to be in “energetic growth” but recent news suggests it’s dead.
Untitled Kevin Feige Film
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is finest recognized for serving to create the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However as a lot as he loves Marvel, he loves Star Wars much more. And so it was exciting to hear that he was producing a Star Wars movie and even recruited Loki and Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity author Michael Waldron to help him. Feige doesn’t prefer to even acknowledge this undertaking although and in a 2022 interview, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy additionally tiptoed across the undertaking’s existence. Then, just a few weeks earlier than Star Wars Celebration 2023, we learned the project is likely dead.
For extra, take a look at io9’s list of every canceled (or re-worked) Disney Star Wars project.
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