Hayden Christensen’s return to the Star Wars universe may be far from finished. Nearly five decades after audiences first met one of cinema’s most famous villains, a new rumor suggests Lucasfilm could be considering something Star Wars has never delivered on the big screen: a standalone Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) movie. The reported project remains unconfirmed, and ...

Star Wars is preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, marking half a century since A New Hope (1977) was released in theaters and created one of the biggest entertainment franchises in history. Star Wars quickly evolved into a multimedia giant, spawning sequels, prequels, comic books, novels, video games, theme park attractions, animation, live-action television, and more. Now, the ...

Disney+ spent years making Star Wars television feel almost constant. New characters, spin-offs, and live-action projects kept arriving, turning the streaming service into the franchise’s primary home between theatrical releases. But after several projects struggled to generate the response Lucasfilm wanted, that approach appears to be cooling. Recent disappointments have raised questions about the appetite for live-action Star Wars streaming ...

The original Star Wars actors have long been synonymous with the characters they brought to life in George Lucas’ saga. Mark Hamill remains inseparable from the role of Luke Skywalker. Harrison Ford is just as permanently linked to Han Solo as he is to Indiana Jones. And the late Carrie Fisher will always be remembered as Princess Leia Organa. Alec ...

Nearly seven years after its release, Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker (2019) is still being argued over. But its most contested moment is no longer confined to the theatrical cut. Multiple pieces of supplemental media have now given Rey’s final declaration on Tatooine a foundation the film itself never built. What Happened in the Film Directed ...

Disney+ has spent years giving Star Wars fans a steady stream of new adventures, making the service the franchise’s biggest home outside the movie theater. That made it easy to expect another packed calendar of live-action releases every year. Instead, Disney has now walked away from that pattern, scrapping an entire year of live-action Star Wars shows. Here’s what happened, ...

When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 and announced a brand-new Star Wars trilogy, expectations were understandably sky-high. For many fans, the sequel trilogy represented the chance to return to the galaxy far, far away and continue the story of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), and Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) decades after the events of Return of the Jedi ...

From the galaxy far, far away to Isla Nublar, the era of the legacy sequel has been as turbulent as it has been expensive — and the numbers are finally starting to tell the full story. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4 billion, the promise was electrifying: a new Star Wars trilogy, a new generation of heroes, and ...

The theatrical return of Star Wars has hit significant turbulence, and Lucasfilm is already course-correcting as The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) struggles to hold its ground at the box office. The movie opened May 22, 2026, carrying enormous weight as the franchise’s first major cinematic release since Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker (2019). For nearly seven ...

The unthinkable has officially happened to the world’s most powerful cinematic franchise. For decades, the arrival of a new live-action Star Wars movie in theaters was an untouchable pop culture event—an automatic guarantee of packed premium theaters and shattering box office records. Credit: Lucasfilm But the theatrical landscape of 2026 has delivered a brutal reality check to Lucasfilm. Jon Favreau’s ...