The Walt Disney Company is beginning the celebration of their 100th anniversary later this year at the annual D23 Expo, which is where Disney shows off upcoming projects and plenty more to fans. And it's now confirmed that Lucasfilm will have a presence, like was expected. Disney announced the schedule for D23, which takes place [...]
This will probably come as no surprise, but Obi-Wan Kenobi had the most successful launch of any original series on Disney+. The streaming service announced it based on hours streamed over the opening weekend globally, which seems a little nebulous, but then again all of these metrics released by streaming services are a bit that [...]
Star Wars storytelling has taken a dramatic shift toward TV in recent years, thanks to the launch of Disney+, and it's been extremely successful at doing so. That means the fantastic reviews, of course, particularly for The Mandalorian. But it's also evident in the ratings of how people have consumed those shows. The Hollywood Reporter [...]
We are just days away from a pretty significant moment for the Walt Disney Company, as Bob Iger is officially stepping down as Executive Chairman of the Board on December 21, 2021. Iger will be succeeded as Chairman by longtime board member Susan Arnold. Iger is one of the most accomplished executives in Disney's storied [...]
This isn't exactly news, since we knew it was all happening already, but in a recent trailer promoting the new content that will be coming to the Disney+ streaming service in 2022, we got further, official confirmation that there are going to be a ton of major projects from Lucasfilm hitting the platform next year. [...]
While Star Wars hardly got involved with the big Disney+ Day celebration whatsoever, there was a new special that dropped, taking a behind-the-scenes look at the history of Boba Fett. "Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett" is a 22-minute documentary looking at Fett's story and how he came to be a beloved Star [...]
Disney+ Day has come and gone, a day celebrating the two-year anniversary of the streaming service that promised new arrivals, reveals, and plenty more. And for the most part, it lived up to the hype. This was the biggest day of the year for Disney's streaming service, and it included plenty of significant premieres, announcements, [...]
Amidst quite a bit of content for other Disney properties like Marvel and Pixar on Disney+ Day, Star Wars gave us only one brief tease at any upcoming content: a behind-the-scenes teaser reel for Obi-Wan Kenobi. The teaser also confirmed that the series is releasing in 2022, which we basically already knew but now know [...]
With all the live-action series coming to Disney+ from Star Wars and Marvel, there is bound to be overlap at points with these shows airing simultaneously. But it won't be happening quite yet. That's because it was recently announced that when Hawkeye premieres on November 24, it will actually drop the first two episodes instead [...]
On Friday, November 12, Disney is celebrating the first Disney+ Day, and to celebrate it the company is releasing new content from all five of the streaming service's major brands - which, of course, includes Star Wars! In a release announcing the celebration and the various content that is coming that day, Disney revealed that [...]
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