Star Wars movies to go on hiatus following The Rise of Skywalker as Lucasfilm focuses on Disney+ shows

Los Angeles: Lucasfilm has decided to put Star Wars movies on hiatus after the release of Episode IX, Rise of Skywalker , to focus on their shows for parent company Disney’s upcoming streaming service. The studio is launching their own streaming platform Disney+ this year in November and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said the team will now work towards creating a wider narrative strategy. [caption id=“attachment_5317961” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] For Disney+, Lucasfilm is creating a series titled The Mandalorian from Iron Man filmmaker Jon Favreau[/caption] “We’re going to take a hiatus for a couple of years. And we’ re taking the time to really look at where this is going from the standpoint of a saga,” Kennedy told Entertainment Weekly. “We’re not just looking at what the next three movies might be, or talking about this in terms of a trilogy. We’re looking at: What is the next decade of storytelling?” she added. For Disney+, Lucasfilm is creating a series titled The Mandalorian from Iron Man filmmaker Jon Favreau, and a new galactic spy show focused on Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor from Rogue On. But not all projects are being cancelled. A new series of films from The Last Jedi writer-director Rian Johnson is still in works, so are the films from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D B Weiss.