Star Wars fans got a major holiday gift today — Disney+ is expanding its stories in a galaxy far, far away. Today, they announced nine new shows for their lineup.
Of the most anticipated shows, there’s Ahsoka, a live-action solo series starring Rosario Dawson as the titular character that takes place in the same timeline as The Mandalorian. There’s also Obi-Wan Kenobi, the solo series that will see Ewan McGregor returning to the role, as well as Hayden Christensen returning as Anakin/Darth Vader.
Hayden Christensen returns as Darth Vader, joining Ewan McGregor in OBI-WAN KENOBI. The Original Series begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Revenge of the Sith, and is coming to #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/9WR2npRUkk
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 10, 2020
There is also a trailer for Andor, following Rebel spy Cassian Andor in his missions before the events of Rogue One.
“Everything I did, I did for the Rebellion.” Andor, an Original Series set in the Star Wars universe, is streaming in 2022 on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/q2IT2qzEeR
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There’s also Lando, a new Lando Calrissian event series, from Justin Simien, who created Dear White People. Rangers of the New Republic is another live-action show also set in the timeline of The Mandalorian. Leslye Headland, creator of Netflix’s Russian Doll, is working on a mystery-thriller called The Acolyte, set in the last days of the High Republic, and in “a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers.”
Patty Jenkins, best known for Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984 will be creating a show for LucasFilm entitled Rogue Squadron:
https://twitter.com/PattyJenks/status/1337177394625478656
There’s also a ton of animated show to. First off, there’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which will follow a group of rogue Stormtroopers from The Clone Wars show.
A sneak peek at Star Wars: The Bad Batch, an all-new animated Original Series from Lucasfilm Animation, coming soon to #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/V0jQc4XNIe
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Star Wars: Visions will be a show featuring animated shorts from talented Japanese anime creators. There will also be an animated film, Star Wars: A Droid Story that will feature R2-D2 and C-3PO.
They also confirmed that Taika Waititi is working on a feature of some kind but there are no more details available.
All of these shows will be hitting Disney+ within the new two years or so.
