For several years, Disney seemed convinced that the future of Star Wars television would be built around live-action Disney+ shows. The Mandalorian (2019) helped start that era. Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin became one of the franchise’s biggest modern characters, Grogu became a merchandising phenomenon, and Lucasfilm quickly expanded its streaming universe with more live-action projects. But six years — and ...

The galaxy far, far away has officially found its next major filmmaker. Reports have confirmed that director Jon Watts—who shepherded Tom Holland’s mega-blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy at Marvel and co-created Disney+’s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew—has been attached to direct the next mainline Star Wars feature film. Credit: Lucasfilm Written and produced by veteran screenwriter Simon Kinberg (Star Wars Rebels), the project ...

For years, fans have wondered what Star Wars might look like if Lucasfilm embraced the kind of alternate-universe storytelling that has become a major part of Marvel. While the franchise has explored plenty of unusual possibilities, it has never quite received a What If…? series of its own. Credit: Lucasfilm The closest examples have arguably been projects such as Star ...

Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1977) is about to look very different, although the changes won’t involve new visual effects, deleted scenes, or another revision to George Lucas’ original space opera. Instead, Lucasfilm is preparing a new version of the movie that will see some of its most recognizable on-screen text changed. Credit: Lucasfilm Star Wars (1977) ...

Star Wars is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and Lucasfilm is finding plenty of ways to revisit the story that started it all. The studio has already announced a number of projects and events connected to the anniversary, such as the new Welsh-language version of A New Hope titled Star Wars: Gobaith Newydd, which premieres on S4C and its ...

Since Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) was released in theaters nearly 50 years ago, the franchise has become an entertainment juggernaut, expanding into film, television, animation, gaming, books, comics, theme parks, and much more. Now, with the original film and the wider Star Wars franchise preparing for its 50th anniversary celebrations in 2027, Lucasfilm has announced ...

We may finally have an update on the status of Rey’s long-awaited return to the Star Wars franchise. Announced at Star Wars Celebration in 2023, the film – often described as Star Wars: New Jedi Order – is set roughly 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker. Daisy Ridley will reprise Rey, now a Jedi Master attempting to rebuild the Jedi Order ...

Gina Carano’s future in Star Wars has been the subject of speculation for years, but Lucasfilm appears to have finally delivered its clearest answer yet. Gina Carano’s Firing Carano, who played the ex-Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune, a close ally of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and a fan-favorite character in The Mandalorian (2019), was fired by Lucasfilm in February 2021 ...

Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) keeps rewriting the record books. Since its late-July debut, the fourth entry in Sony and Marvel Studios’ Tom Holland-led Spider-Man series has torn through the $1 billion and $2 billion marks, dethroned Avengers: Endgame on the domestic charts, and — just days ago — passed James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) to reach fourth ...

Star Wars has decided to remake its Mandalorian universe. The Rise and Wobble of Disney+ Star Wars The Mandalorian premiered in 2019 and, for a moment, looked like it had solved Star Wars television. Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin, Grogu, and beskar armor became cultural shorthand almost overnight, and Lucasfilm leaned in hard, building out a slate of spinoffs on the ...