This list of upcoming Star Wars movies and shows is starting to get a little sparse. While there's plenty going on in the animated space, live-action projects are drying up; only Star Wars: Starfighter and Ahsoka season 2 are currently on the release schedule, with over half a dozen projects in development hell.
One movie we know definitely isn't happening (pending a major change of heart at the top of the Disney ladder) is The Hunt for Ben Solo, which was shut down by then-Disney CEO Bob Iger, as he didn't see how Ben Solo could be alive. You do know people return from the dead all the time in Star Wars, Bob?
Below, we've listed all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows, so you can get up to speed at a glance. We also have information on the cancelled projects, too. The Star Wars timeline is still getting bigger, so it's important to know what's up next. This is the way!
New Star Wars movies release dates
- Star Wars: Starfighter is the only upcoming Star Wars movie with a confirmed release date.
- Eight Star Wars projects have been announced; however, they are all still waiting for release windows and production status updates.
- Star Wars: A New Hope is being re-released in its original form on February 19, 2027, to mark the 50th anniversary.
Star Wars: Starfighter
Release date: May 28, 2027
Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy is making a Star Wars movie, and Ryan Gosling is in the lead role. Revealed as Star Wars: Starfighter at Celebration 2025, the feature is moving along at pace, with a release date of May 28, 2027.
The first look was unveiled in August 2025, along with the news that the film is currently in production in the UK. Then, Levy revealed another look at Gosling and Flynn Gray in the Mediterranean Sea. According to Kathleen Kennedy, the movie will be set after The Rise of Skywalker, adding, "That's also in the future. It's all post-[the first] nine. Shawn's is a standalone Star Wars story that'll take place post-nine, maybe five or six years out."
At D23 2026, a first Starfighter teaser was shown behind closed doors, while the name of Gosling's character was confirmed as Kade Auberon. Levy also revealed that the post-sequel trilogy movie is set at "a moment in the galaxy where there is no kind of government, order, or law-enforcing force."
Along with Gosling and Gray, the cast includes Matt Smith and Mia Goth as the film's villains, Amy Adams, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Daniel Ings, Lanterns' Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, and Jamael Westman.
Simon Kinberg's new Star Wars trilogy
Release date: TBA
According to Deadline, Simon Kinberg is set to write and produce the next mainline Star Wars trilogy, ie. Episodes 10-12. Kinberg has Star Wars priors, having co-created Star Wars Rebels. Though given it's been almost two years since that news broke, and former Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy was set to produce as well, it's possible the plan has changed. It's unclear whether or not the movies will continue the Skywalker saga or create a new storyline entirely. In addition to the upcoming standalone Rey movie, Kinberg's trilogy is also reportedly set to feature Rey in some capacity.
A new Rey movie
Release date: TBA
It was revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2023 that a new movie is coming that will focus on Rey. The film will be set after The Rise of Skywalker and will see Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order. It will be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof and The Strain executive story editor Justin Britt-Gibson were originally attached to write, but exited the project. It was then announced that Steven Knight was working on the screenplay instead, with Kathleen Kennedy previously saying the script is weeks away. Knight, however, subsequently left the project, and George Nolfi took over.
Speaking to IGN, Kennedy also opened up on how the movie connects to the Skywalker Saga. "Well, we're 15 years out from Rise of Skywalker, so we're post-war, post-First Order, and the Jedi are in disarray," she said. "There's a lot of discussion around, 'Who are the Jedi? What are they doing? What's the state of the galaxy?' She's attempting to rebuild the Jedi Order, based on the books, based on what she promised Luke, so that's where we're going."
For her part, Obaid-Chinroy told CNN in early 2024 that they're about to create something "very special." Fingers crossed! We caught up with Daisy Ridley herself, too, and she teased a little something about Rey's approach to rebuilding the Jedi Order: "It's exciting, because there are lots of discoveries to be had, and that is going to continue to be a creative conversation. And I'm very excited to see." Mysterious...
James Mangold's Star Wars movie
Release date: TBA
Indiana Jones 5 director James Mangold is working on a film that will be set thousands of years in the past, focusing on the first Jedi. "When I first started talking to [Kathleen Kennedy] about doing one of these pictures, what occurred to me was thinking about what kind of genre of movie within Star Wars I wanted to do," Mangold said on the Celebration Stage, after the film was announced. "And I thought about a biblical epic, like The Ten Commandments, about the dawning of the Force. Where did the Force come from? When did we discover it? When did we learn how to use it?"
"From the moment I stepped in and George [Lucas] brought me into the company, there's been a lot of interest in that," Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told us back in June. "I think it's a really nice complement to what we're doing with moving into the future with Rey, and then understanding a bit more of where this all came from," she said. "Because it will be at the heart of creating the new Jedi Order, so to get a real sense of where that might have began with the dawn of the Jedi could be pretty cool." Kennedy confirmed the movie was still going ahead in February 2025 in an interview with Deadline. "He got delayed a bit because of [A Complete Unknown] and the awards season," she explained.
Dave Filoni's Star Wars movie
Release date: TBA
It was revealed at Celebration 2023 that Dave Filoni will helm a live-action Star Wars movie. It will bring together the Disney Plus shows so far (The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, The Book of Boba Fett and even Skeleton Crew) into a "cinematic event" that will take place between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
Ahsoka season 2 is set to arrive well before the Filoni movie, though. Filoni also recently teased the opening scene of the film. "Because I've been writing [Ahsoka season 2], things have clicked and I have a much better idea about where things are going to go," he shared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "I will say, I have an opening I really like quite a bit, I'm very excited about it for that picture. I'm excited about the potential of just doing it."
In January 2026, it was reported that the Filoni-directed crossover event had been put on the back burner (if that much wasn't obvious from the lack of news). Though now that big Dave is in charge of Lucasfilm, nothing's stopping him from fast-tracking his own movie.
Taika Waititi's Star Wars movie
Release date: TBA
Taika Waititi is set to direct an upcoming Star Wars movie, co-written with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who helped script the Oscar-nominated 1917 and Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho. No other details have yet been announced other than the movie will be heading to cinemas. Kathleen Kennedy previously told Total Film in an interview that the film is headed for a "late 2023" release, but said "we haven't locked anything in" when asked if that meant December 2023. Clearly, it never made that 2023 release date – last we heard, it was still being written.
In a separate interview with Total Film, Waititi hinted that he would be exploring a new side to Star Wars. "Look, I think for the Star Wars universe to expand, it has to expand," he told us. "I don't think that I'm any use in the Star Wars universe making a film where everyone's like, 'Oh great, well that's the blueprints to the Millennium Falcon, ah that's Chewbacca's grandmother.' That all stands alone; that's great, though I would like to take something new and create some new characters and just expand the world, otherwise it feels like it's a very small story." Per Variety, the director will also likely have a part in the movie.
At Star Wars Celebration 2023, Kennedy told Variety that the film is still in the works. "Taika is still working away," she revealed. "He's writing the script himself. He doesn't really want to bring others into that process and I don't blame him. He has a very, very unique voice. So we want to protect that and that's what he's doing. But we’re going to make that one day."
The last we heard, the film is indeed still happening, with an insider saying that the studio is using a "different way of development" to make Waititi's project happen. Of course, since then there's been a big shake-up at Lucasfilm with Kathleen Kennedy leaving the top job, and Dave Filoni stepping in. So until we hear more, it's impossible to know if the movie will happen.
Lando
Release date: TBA
Everyone wants to see more of Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. Lando is set to focus on the swashbuckling hero, though where exactly on the Star Wars timeline the series will fall remains to be seen. Kennedy recently indicated to Vanity Fair that, following Solo, the younger versions of iconic characters would not be recast. She expanded on her comments in her interview with Total Film – and gave an update on Lando in the process.
"I never say never. It's certainly not something that we're doing with any intention right now," Kennedy commented. "We're still talking about Lando with Donald Glover, for instance, but I don't think we would intentionally just look back at some of the characters like Luke and Leia and whatnot and decide arbitrarily to do a story. There would have to be a really strong reason why."
"I can just tell you it's still happening, and he's very excited about it," Kennedy told IGN at Star Wars Celebration 2023. Glover also said in a GQ interview that he was in conversations about the project, something confirmed in August 2023 when it was revealed that he and Stephen Glover would be taking over writing duties from Justin Simien. The project has also switched to a movie from a show, intriguingly enough.
The aforementioned Hollywood Reporter article also confirmed that Lando was still set to go ahead, despite rumors of being scrapped alongside Taika Waititi's upcoming Star Wars project.
Rian Johnson's new Star Wars trilogy
Release date: TBA
Despite The Last Jedi being divisive for many (not us, it's ace), director Rian Johnson was announced to be heading up a brand new Star Wars movie trilogy shortly after release, featuring "new characters from a corner of the galaxy that Star Wars lore has never before explored."
But, as of 2026, it looks like the movies won't be happening, or at least not any time soon. "Nothing really happened with it," Johnson told Rolling Stone. "We had a great time working together, and they said, 'Let's keep doing it.' I said, 'Great!' I would kick ideas around with Kathy. The short version is Knives Out happened. I went off and made Knives Out, and was off to the races, busy making murder mysteries. It's the sort of thing if, down the line, there's an opportunity to do it, or do something else in Star Wars, I would be thrilled. But right now I'm just doing my own stuff, and pretty happy."
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Release date: TBA
Back in December 2020, Disney announced that Wonder Woman 1984 helmer Patty Jenkins was expected to take the reins on the next Star Wars movie in production, titled Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Since then, Rogue Squadron seems to have been grounded, despite Jenkins saying in March 2024 that the movie was back on track. The film has had a tumultuous production history – first it was delayed, reportedly due to creative differences between Patty Jenkins and Lucasfilm. A separate Star Wars report from Vanity Fair then said the film is "further off" than Waititi's.
However, Jenkins told the Talking Pictures podcast that she now "owe[s] a draft of Star Wars." The story will introduce a new generation of starfighter pilots as they earn their wings and risk their lives in a boundary-pushing, high-speed thrill-ride, and move the saga into the future era of the galaxy."
In 2024, a Hollywood Reporter story claimed the movie was among many listed above, still in development, with an insider saying that there's "so much parallel work going on." Though, given it's been two years without signs of life, things aren't looking good.
New Star Wars shows release dates
- There are four upcoming Star Wars shows currently in the works.
- Ahsoka season 2 is the next live-action Star Wars show and will release on January 20, 2027.
- We are still waiting on updates and release dates for four upcoming Star Wars shows: The Mandalorian season 4, Maul: Shadow Lord season 2, and A Droid Story.
Ahsoka season 2
Release date: January 20, 2027
The Ahsoka season 2 release date was finally announced at D23 2026, with the new season set to hit Disney Plus on January 20, 2027. The Ahsoka season 2 trailer was also released, teasing Clone Wars-era flashbacks, plenty of space dogfights, and Grand Admiral Thrawn declaring war on the Rebel Alliance. Also at D23, Ezra Bridger star Eman Esfandi claimed that Ahsoka season 2 will have "a lot more lightsaber action" than the first season. With Disney seemingly pivoting away from mega-budget Marvel and Star Wars shows, rumors persist that Ahsoka season 2 could be the show's last, but Dave Filoni isn't worried about that, telling ScreenRant: "Everything works as planned and I know where the story goes and where it should tie up."
The Mandalorian season 4
Release date: TBA
It's currently unclear if The Mandalorian season 4 will actually happen. It was reportedly still happening alongside the movie, though another report cast doubt on this. According to a newsletter from The Hollywood Reporter, before the dual strikes shut down Hollywood, season 4 was written and ready to go (as Jon Favreau said back in February 2023).
However, after writing an entire fourth season (which set up Ahsoka season 2), Jon Favreau had to "start from scratch" for The Mandalorian and Grogu. The good news, then, is that those Mandalorian season 4 scripts are still sitting in Favreau's drawer, just waiting to be shot...
Maul: Shadow Lord season 2
Release date: TBA
After its first season earned rave reviews (you can read our Maul: Shadow Lord review here), Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord season 2 is on the way. The animated series was renewed for a second season just days before season 1 premiered.
Set in the early days of the Galactic Empire, Maul: Shadow Lord season 1 saw the former Sith Lord Maul attempt to rebuild his criminal syndicate, which involved training a Jedi Padawan. The season ended with a fiery finale, including a rather exciting cameo from the galaxy far, far away's most fearsome villain.
It is not clear when the show will return. However, the season is in production. In an interview with The Direct, Maul actor Sam Witwer confirmed, "We are working on it... We've been working on it for a while, and it's interesting."
A Droid Story
Release date: TBA
This one's a little different. Lucasfilm Animation and Lucasfilm’s visual effects team, Industrial Light & Magic are teaming up for a Disney Plus movie, A Droid Story. "This epic journey will introduce us to a new hero, guided by legendary duo R2-D2 and C-3PO," read the synopsis. Well, anything with our two favourite droids in will be worth a watch, so we can't wait to see how this will look!
Canceled Star Wars movies
- There have been a number of cancelled Star Wars movies over the years.
- Cancelled movies include one from Kevin Feige, another from J.D. Dillard, and one from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
- Originally, there were plans to release standalone 'Anthology' movies between all the new 'Saga' Episodes. However, this was abandoned, and spin-offs generally pivoted to Disney Plus.
The Hunt for Ben Solo
The internet lost its collective mind in October 2025, when Adam Driver went rogue and revealed in an interview that he and director Steven Soderbergh pitched Lucasfilm on a Ben Solo sequel movie, only for Disney bigwig Bob Iger to personally shut the project down.
Since then, there's been a vocal fan campaign for Disney to reconsider, but to no avail. At D23 2026, new Lucasfilm boss Dave Filoni was asked if the movie could happen under his watch, but he dashed hopes: "It's not here; you won’t find it here. The Force is not with us in that regard," Filoni told Deadline. "I love the love you feel for it." Sounds like the Hunt for Ben Solo has been called off for good.
Kevin Feige's Star Wars movie
Marvel mastermind Kevin Feige was once brought on board to help shape the future of Star Wars, but this is another project that Variety reports is no longer in active development. That's not a huge surprise, considering just how full the producer's plate is with the MCU.
Disney co-chairman Alan Horn previously said in a statement: "We are excited about the projects Kathy and the Lucasfilm team are working on… With the close of the Skywalker Saga, Kathy is pursuing a new era in Star Wars storytelling, and knowing what a die-hard fan Kevin is, it made sense for these two extraordinary producers to work on a Star Wars film together."
Feige, meanwhile, apparently approached a "major actor" about a role in the upcoming unnamed Star Wars movie, according to one source close to The Hollywood Reporter. Loki head writer Michael Waldron was writing the project and previously revealed that he was working on the script.
The writing was potentially on the wall when Vanity Fair's report cast some doubt over the project. Kennedy went as far as denying anything was in the works: "I would love to see what movie he might come up with," she said. "But right now, no, there isn't anything specifically."
Other canceled Star Wars movies
Reports emerged in February 2020 that J.D. Dillard – best known for the film Sleight – was working on a feature-length project with Luke Cage and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. scribe Matt Owens. The Hollywood Reporter first announced the news, with Deadline claiming that the movie would be set on the Sith planet Exegol (though the accuracy of the setting has been questioned).
However, upon Levy's Star Wars movie being announced, Dillard said that his own project was "unfortunately no longer a thing," but "it was not for lack of trying." Plot details of the unrealized project were never revealed.
Then there were Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who were originally meant to spearhead a trilogy but were reportedly too busy making shows for Netflix after signing a nine-figure deal with the streaming service in 2019.
There had been rumors that their movie would be set a few hundred years before the prequels, in the time of the Old Republic. The obvious source of inspiration here could be the Knights of the Old Republic video game series or The High Republic era.
Any more Star Wars Story movies?
The original plan, when Disney bought Lucasfilm for upwards of $4 billion, was to release standalone 'Anthology' movies between all the new 'Saga' Episodes. That meant the two-year gaps between The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker were to be punctuated by Rogue One and Solo – and at one point it looked like there'd be a third Star Wars Story after The Rise of Skywalker. Then the relatively disappointing box office performance of Solo prompted Disney to rethink the strategy and put the spin-offs on hold, and then that turned into the company pivoting to Disney Plus.
Solo’s conclusion was clearly setting up a sequel. There were also multiple reports concerning a standalone new Star Wars movie centered on Boba Fett, first with Fantastic Four director Josh Trank at the helm, and after that (according to reports that were never confirmed by Disney) Logan's James Mangold. However, this morphed into The Mandalorian and, later, Fett's own spin-off show, The Book of Boba Fett.
The other frontrunner for a standalone movie was Obi-Wan Kenobi. Indeed, there were various (similarly unconfirmed) reports (one apparently leaking the synopsis) that Disney/Lucasfilm had an Obi-Wan project in the works with Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry attached. Writer Stuart Beattie later said there was a trilogy planned to be directed by Daldry and even revealed some plot details. Like the Boba Fett solo movie, though, the Obi-Wan trilogy also changed into something new: Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Disney Plus spin-off series telling the tale of the wise Jedi Knight between Episodes 3 and 4.
But, it seems the door isn't totally shut. "There's always a future for Solo!" Kennedy told Total Film. Whether we ever see more of that particular story or if the anthology movies are done remains to be seen. There is a Lando movie in the works, though, so never say never.
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