Disney Boss Says Future of ‘Star Wars’ Is Television for ‘Next Few Years’

Following the December 2019 release of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” many fans of the epic space franchise have been left wondering where “Star Wars” will go next.

Bob Iger, the chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company, revealed on today’s investors call the answer: “The priority in the next few years is television.” That means it might be a couple years before Disney releases the next “Star Wars” movie.

There are currently no “Star Wars” films announced for the future.

Rian Johnson has been locked in to create a new film trilogy, but he has yet to start work on it and is awaiting Lucasfilm’s go ahead.

Kevin Feige is also working with Lucasfilm to develop a new film, but there’s no known timeline on when that might go into production.

Iger said last December shortly before the release of “Rise of Skywalker

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