Disney CEO Confirms Next Star Wars Movie Plans, Hints More Films Yet To Be Announced (original) (raw)

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Summary

Disney CEO Bob Iger confirms that The Mandalorian & Grogu will be the next Star Wars movie, launching a new wave of films. Release likely in 2026.
The Mandalorian, the flagship show of Disney+, will continue its story in a Star Wars movie. More Star Wars movies are also in the works.
Three upcoming Star Wars movies have been officially announced, with more to come. Exciting times for Star Wars fans!

Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed The Mandalorian & Grogu will be the next Star Wars movie to release, launching a new wave of films. The Mandalorian was the flagship show of Disney+, with the first episode premiering alongside the streaming service's launch. Recently, Lucasfilm confirmed it would be coming to the big screen - with The Mandalorian & Grogu, directed by Jon Favreau himself.

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Speaking on an earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed these plans, indicating this movie will likely release in 2026.

Iger also confirmed this would be the first of a new slate of Star Wars movies - "a number of which have already been announced." Three other upcoming Star Wars movies have been officially announced to date, and this confirms others are in the works as well.

Star Wars Is Returning To The Big Screen In Style

Rey Skywalker holding her yellow lightsaber, the symbol of the Jedi Order, and Din Djarin.

Confirmed Star Wars Movies
Movie	Director
The Mandalorian & Grogu	Jon Favreau
Rey's New Jedi Order movie	Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Dawn of the Jedi	James Mangold
The Mandalorian era climax movie	Dave Filoni

Lucasfilm's theatrical plans for Star Wars were put on hiatus after the box office failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story and the critical and popular backlash against Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The studio pivoted to the small screen, focusing on a range of popular Star Wars Disney+ TV shows. These have been a tremendous success, but it was always only a matter of time before Lucasfilm headed back to the big screen. What's more, given Din Djarin was the frontrunner for the Disney+ shows, it makes sense the characters from The Mandalorian are leading the charge.

The most intriguing part of Iger's comment, though, is his implication that other mystery projects are in the works as well. This presumably includes Donald Glover's Lando, which has shifted back to being a movie rather than a TV show, but there must be more. Iger seems to be implying there are other surprises in various stages of development, a prospect that will surely delight and excite the fanbase.

The confirmed Star Wars movies open up three completely different eras for future exploration. James Mangold's "Dawn of the Jedi" project is set over 25,000 years ago, and will tell the origin story of the Force itself. The Mandalorian & Grogu is set roughly five years after Return of the Jedi, in the time of the New Republic. And Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will unveil Rey's New Jedi Order, 15 years after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Any one of these time periods will be ripe for further exploration, meaning the possibilities are endless.

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