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2026 is a tremendously big year for Star Wars. While 2025 was far from dull, with the epic conclusion of Andor and Skeleton Crew, as well as Star Wars: Visions returning for a third season, it was a quiet year for the blockbuster franchise overall. After the mixed response to Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker in 2019 and Solo: A Star Wars Story the year before, the majority of new Star Wars projects have been TV shows, both live-action, such as The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Acolyte, and Ahsoka, as well as animated goodies like The Bad Batch. However, this year and in 2027, Star Wars is finally heading back to theaters, with The Mandalorian and Grogu, as well as Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Starfighter. That doesn't mean, however, that Star Wars will no longer appear on your TV screen, with the animated Darth Maul series, Maul: Shadow Lord, as well as Visions' Ninth Jedi, set to debut sometime in 2026.
In previous years, Lucasfilm and Disney outlined some plans for the future of the Star Wars universe, including updating fans on upcoming projects and confirming a few release dates. Since then, a number of movies have been canceled or preserved in carbonite, including Rian Johnson's Star Wars trilogy and Kevin Feige's project, or delayed, such as Donald Glover's mysteriously missing Lando film. One canceled project that we didn't even know anything about until Adam Driver himself leaked it was The Hunt for Ben Solo.
To ensure you know what to expect for the upcoming years, we've pulled together a full calendar of upcoming Star Wars releases. Read on to find out what they are, where you’ll be able to watch them, and when they come out. And while you’re in the mood for more Star Wars, you might be tempted to catch up on the whole universe. Here’s the best order to watch existing Star Wars projects.
2026 The Mandalorian and GroguRelease date: May 22, 2026, in movie theaters
It's been three years since we last saw Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), aka the Mandalorian, and Grogu. When we left off, the two were settled on the planet Nevarro. Now they're about to head somewhere entirely different: the silver screen.
Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, The Mandalorian and Grogu will follow the two dealing with Imperial warlords in their efforts to help a new fledgling New Republic. They'll meet a variety of new faces along the way, such as Colonel Ward (Sigourney Weaver), who recruits the two of them to tackle crime in the Outer Rim, as well as Star Wars: Rebels' Zeb Orrelios (Steve Blum.)
Favreau has since confirmed that season 4 of The Mandalorian will not be happening. Scripts for the fourth season were planned, but when the opportunity came to have the adventures of Din Djarin and Grogu continue as a film, Favreau jumped at the chance — a disappointing ending for fans looking forward to more Din and Grogu on their TV screens.
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow LordRelease date: TBA, coming to Disney Plus
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An official release date for Maul: Shadow Lord has not yet been given, but we do know — thanks to Disney revealing its 2026 slate — that it is expected to debut sometime in 2026. Considering there's a comic prequel spinoff in the works over at Marvel, and scheduled to be released in March, we speculate we'll see more of Maul's shenanigans sometime in the Summer.
Not much is known about the Maul series outside of the fact that it will be animated and that the ex-Sith Lord will be looking to "rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire." Considering (spoilers) Maul gets sliced and diced in Rebels, we expect that the series will follow Maul post-Clone Wars, but pre-Rebels. It has been confirmed that Sam Witwer will reprise his role as Maul.
Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth JediRelease date: TBA, coming to Disney Plus
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Despite not being part of the "canon" universe, there have been several spinoffs and continuations of a few episodes from anthology series Star Wars: Visions. While the majority have been in the form of a novel or manga, Production I.G's The Ninth Jedi is set to get an animated spinoff. And according to Disney's release slate, it'll be appearing sometime in 2026.
2027 Star Wars (50th Anniversary)Release date: Feb. 19, 2027, in movie theaters
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If you've ever wondered what it was like to watch Star Wars: A New Hope back when it first came out in 1977, you're in luck. Lucasfilm has confirmed that for a "limited time" only, it will be showing the original Star Wars in theaters "everywhere."
And they really do mean the original film: no more Greedo shooting first, no more CGI Jabba the Hutt, and no more digital Dewbacks. When you go to the theaters in February 2027, it'll be as though you were transported back to 1977.
Star Wars: StarfighterRelease date: May. 28, 2027, in movie theaters
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Deadpool & Wolverine and Free Guy director Shawn Levy is making a Star Wars movie. Set after the sequel trilogy, it features a star-studded cast, including Ryan Gosling, whose character we currently know nothing about. Gosling is joined by the likes of Matt Smith — who, in typical Smith fashion, will be playing the villain in Starfighter — Mia Goth, Amy Adams, Flynn Gray, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, and Daniel Ings.
Top Gun: Maverick director of photography Claudio Miranda is also set to shoot the film, bringing a new excitement to the visuals and fidelity of aerial combat in a galaxy far, far away.
Levy expressed excitement and honor to be the brains behind a new Star Wars film. "From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this incredible Star Wars galaxy, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my sense of what story can do, how characters and cinematic moments can live with us forever. To join this storytelling galaxy with such brilliant collaborators onscreen and off, is the thrill of a lifetime."
Undated Ahsoka season 2
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Chief creative officer at Lucasfilm and Ahsoka showrunner Dave Filoni is deep into developing the second season of Ahsoka. There was previously speculation that it would lead up to the events of The Mandalorian and Grogu film, but considering that the show is currently undated, this doesn't seem as likely anymore.
Season 2 will pick up straight after its first season, with two branching storylines. The first will follow Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) and Sabine (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) as Shin (Ivanna Sakhno) hunts them on Peridea. Rory McCann will replace the late Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll, who will also play a part in this branch of the story. The second storyline will follow Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) as he uses his forces to attack a fledgling New Republic. Other returning cast members include Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla.
Currently, there is no confirmed release window for the second season. However, the show currently does not appear in Disney's 2026 release slate, leading fans to speculate the show has been pushed to 2027.
Untitled Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Star Wars movie
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Ms. Marvel director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's planned Star Wars film will take place 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker. It is supposedly set in a new era called the New Jedi Order and will follow Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley) as she tries to rebuild the Jedi Order.
Initially, the project was considered “Damon Lindelof’s Star Wars movie,” but news broke in March 2023 that he had been replaced by screenwriter Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Locke, Serenity). Knight ultimately left the film. In January 2025, The Hollywood Reporter reported that George Nolfi had joined the Rey film as a writer, with Nolfi going on to confirm his involvement later on. At Star Wars Celebration 2025, Kathleen Kennedy and Dave Filoni reconfirmed that the Rey movie, as well as movies from James Mangold, Taika Waititi, and Simon Kinberg, were still in ongoing development. But in the wake of Kennedy's departure as Lucasfilm president, the future of Obaid-Chinoy's Rey movie sounds unclear.
In an interview with Deadline, Kennedy did not mention the planned Rey movie as a future project as Lucasfilm. Like many other Star Wars movie announcements, this one may ultimately wind up going nowhere.
Untitled Dave Filoni Star Wars movie
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The New Republic era has yet to be explored in depth, but Dave Filoni, the force behind much of Star Wars TV and the new co-president of Lucasfilm, looks to be the man who will change that. Filoni is set to direct a movie that focuses on the New Republic government, the one that comes to power after the Empire falls.
Set in the era that connects The Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm has said that Filoni's movie will “close out the interconnected stories told in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and other Disney Plus series.” The majority of those series link to one another, either through key character relationships, cloning technology, or due to post-Imperial power struggles and crime. Considering that the return of Emperor Palpatine and the rise of Snoke were so paramount to the sequel trilogy era, Filoni's film could fill in those gaps of lore.
Like the Rey film, Dave Filoni's untitled New Republic film was confirmed to still be in development at Star Wars Celebration 2025.
Untitled James Mangold Star Wars movie
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Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold's Star Wars film was confirmed to be still in development at Star Wars Celebration 2025.
Mangold's movie stands out among the crowd for one huge reason: It's set some 25,000 years before the original trilogy Star Wars era. This takes us back to the dawn of the Jedi, a suitable era as Mangold is eager to explore questions that have plagued fans of the epic space opera since it was first imagined in 1977. Questions like, "Where did the Force come from, when did we discover it, [and] when did we learn how to use it?"
Speaking at Star Wars Celebration 2023, Mangold said his movie will be "a Biblical epic, like [The] Ten Commandments, about the dawning of the Force." Kathleen Kennedy said at the time that Mangold was working on the script, but in the years since, the project has been put on the back burner, according to the ex-Lucasfilm boss.
Untitled Simon Kinberg Star Wars movie trilogy
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Writer-producer-director Simon Kinberg has plenty of experience in the Star Wars universe, having co-created and written for the animated series Star Wars: Rebels. Now he's set to develop a new Star Wars trilogy.
There has been mixed reporting about the film: Deadline said that Kinberg’s Star Wars films “will comprise Episodes 10-12 of The Skywalker Saga,” which is manifestly unclear. However, The Hollywood Reporter said the films are “not meant to be a continuation of the Skywalker Saga.” What is clear is that, as Kathleen Kennedy confirmed, the project is envisioned as being the trilogy necessary to take the franchise into a new and exciting future.
Kinberg has recently spoken out about the planned trilogy. Speaking to Nerdtropolis, Kinberg said, "just to be told there’d be more movies would have been unbelievable. To be allowed on the set of any of them was already a dream. My enthusiasm only grows with working on and around it."
The director also cited Andor, from showrunner Tony Gilroy, as a significant source of inspiration. "I thought that was about as good of science fiction storytelling as you can do in any franchise."
Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars movie
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Out of all of the Star Wars movies in development, Thor: Love and Thunder director-writer Taika Watiti's has got to be the project we know the least about, despite being first announced in 2020. It was questioned whether Watiti's film had been shelved in 2023, but both Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and Waititi himself confirmed that it is still in development. The latter told Entertainment Tonight in 2023 that he didn't "want to rush this movie."
The latest news about Waititi's film came from Kennedy and Dave Filoni at Star Wars Celebration 2025, where they reconfirmed it was still in ongoing development, and in an interview with Kathleen Kennedy, who said the project was "still somewhat alive." Not too encouraging!
A Droid Story
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In 2020, Lucasfilm announced several projects; most of which have either come and gone, such as Andor and The Acolyte, or were canceled, like Rangers of the New Republic. However, some are in a strange limbo: not really confirmed as canceled, but also not spoken about since they were first announced.
One such project is A Droid Story, an animated film that was set to premiere on Disney Plus. The film was set to follow a new character who is guided by the lovable duo R2-D2 and C-3PO. However, there have been no recent updates about the project.
Lando
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Speaking of a project stuck in limbo... The spinoff show (or movie!) starring Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian was first announced back in December 2020. Years later, its development has remained turbulent, with the Disney Plus series being reworked into a film. It also lost its showrunner, Dear White People creator Justin Simien, in the process; news which the creator learned via the announcement, rather than directly. Donald Glover and his brother, Stephen Glover, took over writing the Lando spinoff.
The move from TV show to film puts the show in murky waters. It isn't the first time Disney has pivoted this way; look at Obi-Wan Kenobi, which was initially planned as a movie before it was transformed into a TV series. However, there is still hope. Kathleen Kennedy says that Glover has turned in a script, and like Taika Waititi's Star Wars project, it's "still somewhat alive."