Is Disney Planning to Release 2 Star Wars Movies a Year?

Could we be getting two newStar Warsmovies a year in the near future? Disney and Lucasfilm are showing absolutely no signs of slowing down afterStar Wars 9hits theaters next year. They recently gaveThe Last Jedidirector Rian Johnson the keys to a brand new trilogy ofStar Warsmovies that will take place outside of the Skywalker saga and now, we have word that they’ve hiredGame of Thronescreators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to create their own series ofUntiled Star Wars Moviesin a galaxy far, far away. That, along with the other standalone movies possibly coming our way means there’s a lot ofStar Warsin the pipeline. And it sounds like there could be way too much for just one movie a year.

It always seemed possible that Disney would eventually get to a point where they were having Lucasfilm crank out two newStar Warsmovies every year and, with the announcement of thisnew series of movies, it seems likely that the time is now. Or at least soon. Currently, there are no release dates for any of the movies in this mystery series of movies from David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, not to mention any potential plot details, and Rian Johnson’s trilogy also doesn’t have any release dates locked down. Even so, it seems very unlikely Lucasfilm will still do oneStar Warsmovie a year, every year, with all they have in development.

This move also signifies thatDisney and Lucasfilmaren’t as worried aboutSolo: A Star Wars Storyas many fans are. The trailer was just released, with the movie set to arrive in theaters in less than four months. They didn’t wait to see how theHan Solomovie performs to announce this new series from the team behindGame of Thrones, which implies they’re feeling confident. With that, we should be able to safely assume that some of the otherStar Wars standalone movies, such as movies based on Boba Fett, Jabba the Hutt and the often discussed Obi-Wan movie, are still in development as well. It’s just a matter of time before they’re formally announced.

Looking at that possible slate, one more a year would mean that no other newStar Warsmovies, beyond what we already know about, could be announced for nearly another decade. That seems like an incredibly unlikely scenario. The more likely scenario? Disney and Lucasfilm will finally push to release two newStar Warsmovies a year. Even if they don’t do so every year, we need to prepare for the very real possibility that some years we’ll see perhaps a standaloneStar Warsmovie in the fall/summer season and one of the trilogy/event movies in December, which has been a month that has worked out very well for the Disney era of Lucasfilm so far.

What we do know for sure is thatSolo: A Star Wars Storyis coming out onMay 25andStar Wars 9is coming from director J.J. Abrams on June 09, 2025. Beyond that? It sounds like we’ve got quite a few newStar Warsmovies outside of the Skywalker saga in the coming years and, looking at the evidence, at a rate of two per year in the near future. For now, you can read more on the upcoming trilogy from David Benioff and D.B. Weiss atStarWars.com.