“Star Wars” will not return to cinemas in 2024, but fans can enjoy new series at home. While production on planned cinema blockbusters is probably starting in the background, the streaming service Disney will be releasing these series in the coming months:
One of the confirmed “Star Wars” highlights on Disney will be “Skeleton Crew” in 2024. The TV show tells the story of four children who get lost in the vastness of the galaxy and try to find their way home. According to media reports, the plot is set in the New Republic era. Hollywood star Jude Law (50) plays the main role alongside the young stars. The “Star Wars” masterminds Jon Favreau (57) and Dave Filoni (49) are executive producers and could connect “Skeleton Crew” with the planned “Mandalorian” film.
“Star Wars: The Acolyte” is also scheduled for Disney in 2024. The streaming service describes the series as a mystery thriller “that takes viewers into a galaxy full of dark secrets and emerging forces of the dark side during the final days of the High Republic era.” A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes. According to media reports, they uncover a Sith conspiracy. The upcoming series will apparently be told at least partially from the perspective of the legendary Jedi opponents. Amandla Stenberg (25) plays the main role.
However, season two of the series “Andor” has not yet been officially announced for 2024. The first episodes of the acclaimed series with Diego Luna (43) were shown in autumn 2022. The upcoming season was initially said to premiere in the summer or fall of 2024. It is not known whether the Hollywood strikes delayed the new stories about the hero Cassian Andor.
“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” is also coming back – the third season about clone unit 99 is said to be the last for the animated series. The new episodes were planned for 2024. However, no date has been confirmed yet.
Even if no “Star Wars” film hits the big screen in the coming months, one or two films are likely to start production. At the “Star Wars Celebration” in London in spring 2023, three new film projects were discussed.
According to media reports, one of them will be “Dawn Of The Jedi” and will be set in the era before the Old Republic, over 25,000 years before the events of the Skywalker saga. It will apparently revolve around the origins of the Jedi Order and the first Jedi. The film is directed by James Mangold (59).
The second new “Star Wars” film comes from Dave Filoni, the creator of “The Clone Wars”, “Star Wars Rebels” and “The Mandalorian”. The film is said to be the culmination of the “Mandalorian” story and could be a crossover of the series “The Mandalorian”, “The Book of Boba Fett” and “Ahsoka”.
The third Star Wars film to be announced is New Jedi Order. It is reportedly set 15 years after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Daisy Ridley (31) returns as Rey Skywalker. The film is directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (45). It could be the first of the three films to hit theaters, no earlier than 2025.
