The Book of Boba Fett’s finale was only hours old on Wednesday when Disney announced that its next live-action Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, would be coming May 25. Obi-Wan will be followed later this year by the debut of Rogue One prequel series Andor, and The Mandalorian’s third season, which is in production now, will likely arrive in December. The Book of Boba Fett was itself announced in a stinger that followed The Mandalorian’s second-season finale, setting a promotional pattern: As soon as one Star Wars series ends, Disney begins building hype for another.
That represents a radical change for the franchise. Star Wars went 42 years without a live-action TV series before The Mandalorian debuted in November 2019, but four such series will likely air this year alone, with Ahsoka, The Acolyte, and Lando lined up after that. That’s not counting animated series such as The Bad Batch—the second season of which is also scheduled for this spring—and Visions. Lucasfilm is pumping out TV content at a pace that prevents the twin suns from ever setting on Disney’s Star Wars streaming empire for more than a few months.
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