January 2027 Officially Marks The End Of An Era For Disney's Star Wars

Published Sep 20, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT Lewis is a Lead Writer for Screen Rant and has written for the site since 2022. This has allowed Lewis to explore a vast array of films, TV shows, books, comic books, and games from across the mainstream world of pop culture, reflecting his lifelong love of all media and typifying his experience in the world of fiction storytelling. To top this off, Lewis graduated from Northumbria University with First Class Honours in Film & TV Studies, truly exemplifying his experience in the medium. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Star Wars' latest era is officially ending in January 2027. Since its inception, Star Wars is a franchise that has constantly evolved through various eras. First, there was the era of Star Wars' original movies, running from 1977 to 1983. Then, in the late 90s and early-2000s, it became the era of the prequels. Despite recently undergoing a revisionist period, the initial reaction to the prequels as the worst-ranked Star Wars movies saw the franchise enter an era of silence, broken up solely by Star Wars: The Clone Wars. 2015 then ushered in the era of the sequels to even more division, ending in 2019. From that year on, Lucasfilm has firmly placed itself in the era of Star Wars TV shows; The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and various other live-action projects were developed on Disney+, giving the franchise a small-screen presence that was previously only occupied by animated projects. Just as the franchise has always done, though, that era is coming to an end. 2026 saw the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first Star Wars movie since 2019. 2027 will only continue this with Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Starfighter. This is the transition from era to era in a much wider sense, but January 2027 will mark the last step in a very specific one for Lucasfilm. In that month, Ahsoka season 2 will be released on Disney+ as the last confirmed live-action Star Wars TV project. After over six years of having a constantly growing live-action TV slate, Star Wars will officially run out of projects of this ilk. Star Wars' Transition Back To Movies Is Coming At The Right Time Admittedly, Ahsoka season 2's curtain call for the live-action Star Wars TV era is coming at the perfect time. Only three months after the show drops on Disney+, Los Angeles will host Star Wars Celebration 2027. As a biennial event, this will be the first big opportunity for Lucasfilm to promote upcoming Star Wars movies since a massive change behind the scenes. Now, Dave Filoni is the chief of Lucasfilm, taking over from Kathleen Kennedy. Given the relative lack of movie updates outside of the aforementioned two, SWC2027 is the opportune event to provide some. Other projects, like Rey Skywalker's movie, Filoni's own New Republic film, Simon Kinberg's Star Wars trilogy, Taika Waititi's standalone story, or James Mangold's Dawn of the Jedi project, will likely be the focus of Star Wars Celebration 2027. After all, Ahsoka will mark the end of the need to focus on live-action TV projects, allowing Filoni to unveil his slate for the next few years after being the head of Lucasfilm for almost 18 months at the time. Finally, we can see what the plans have been for Star Wars' next era: the return of movies. Star Wars' TV Future Still Looks Bright Without Live-Action Projects Credit: MovieStillsDB It is worth noting that SWC2027 could see more live-action TV projects announced by Lucasfilm. However, the key difference here, and the basis for dubbing Ahsoka season 2 as the end of an era, is that this is the first time in almost a decade that a new live-action TV show has not been announced by Lucasfilm. With that in mind, though, Star Wars' TV future still looks bright thanks to the ongoing animated projects Lucasfilm is developing. Maul - Shadow Lord proved to be a big success for Star Wars in 2026, with season 2 confirmed to be coming sooner rather than later. Star Wars: Visions also continues to provide strong storytelling, as evidenced by its first spin-off, The Ninth Jedi, hitting Disney+ in 2026. With all this in mind, more details will undoubtedly be provided about the future of Star Wars' animated storytelling. That way, the end of the live-action TV era for Star Wars that will be finalized by Ahsoka season 2 does not mean the end of small-screen stories completely. Instead, the franchise is simply revisiting a past era, where live-action was reserved for theatrical movies while strong animated tales were told on TV. TV Show(s) The Mandalorian, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, The Acolyte, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Lando, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Star Wars: Resistance, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Star Wars: Visions Video Game(s) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Star Wars Battlefront (2015), Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed , Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor First Film Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Cast Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGregor, Rosario Dawson, Lars Mikkelsen, Rupert Friend, Moses Ingram, Frank Oz, Pedro Pascal Created by George Lucas Movie(s) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, Star Wars: Episode IX- The Rise of Skywalker, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Star Wars: New Jedi Order