With 2025 looming, Star Wars followers have a complete new 12 months’s price of content material to stay up for. Sadly, 2025 isn’t shaping as much as be the franchise’s greatest 12 months. With no new films on the docket and just one live-action sequence confirmed for launch, the pickings are wanting just a little slim.
However that’s to not say there’s nothing thrilling on the horizon. The discharge of Andor Season 2 alone is purpose for Star Wars followers to have a good time just like the Rebels dancing on Endor. Let’s take a better have a look at what’s coming in 2025, and the various Star Wars tasks we hope to study extra about within the subsequent 12 months.
Andor Returns for Season 2
That is the massive one. The Star Wars slate could also be just a little sparse in 2025, however it’s laborious to complain an excessive amount of after we’re getting a sequel to what’s extensively thought to be one of the best Star Wars challenge Disney has launched to date. That’s proper, Andor Season 2 is lastly dropping in April 2025.
Season 2 chronicles the second half of this deep, introspective origin story for Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor. If Season 1 was the story of how a younger Cassian grew to become radicalized and joined the fledgling Insurgent Alliance, then Season 2 will present us the damaging missions he undertook main as much as the occasions of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Fittingly, with the sequence shifting nearer to the time interval of Rogue One, we’ll see extra acquainted faces from that film pop up in Season 2. Most notably, Alan Tudyk will reprise the position of Okay-2SO, as we find out how Cassian first met this eccentric Imperial murderer droid. We’re additionally wanting ahead to seeing Ben Mendelsohn don his cape as soon as extra as Demise Star challenge supervisor Director Orson Krennic.
Followers can count on Season 2 to cowl plenty of floor, with a number of time jumps unfolding over the course of the season and the ultimate batch of episodes set within the days main as much as Rogue One. In different phrases, don’t count on a Season 3. However do count on a Star Wars story that continues to discover the extraordinary women and men who lit the spark of insurrection in a time of nice darkness.
Extra Star Wars: Visions
Extra Andor is nice, however what concerning the animated aspect of issues? With The Dangerous Batch wrapping up in 2024, the one Star Wars animated sequence confirmed to return in 2025 is Star Wars: Visions. As soon as once more, followers can be handled to an anthology of animated shorts that includes varied animation studios deciphering the mythology of Star Wars by means of their very own, distinctive lens.
Season 3 is alleged to convey Visions again to its roots as an anime anthology, whereas Season 2 took extra of a worldwide method. The studios concerned in Season 3 embrace Cyberpunk Edgerunners’ Studio Set off and Assault on Titan’s WIT Studio, together with David Manufacturing, Kamikaze Douga, ANIMA, Kinema Citrus Co., Polygon Footage, Manufacturing I.G, and Undertaking Studio Q.
Will There Be Extra Star Wars TV?
Nevertheless a lot we’re wanting ahead to extra of Star Wars: Andor and Star Wars: Visions, there’s no getting round the truth that 2025 is wanting fairly skinny on the Star Wars TV entrance in comparison with earlier years. In 2024 alone we acquired two live-action exhibits in The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew and two animated sequence in The Dangerous Batch: Season 3 and Tales of the Empire. However in 2025, we solely have one confirmed live-action sequence and one animated sequence, plus the ultimate two episodes of Skeleton Crew.
Is there an opportunity Disney has extra exhibits deliberate we don’t learn about? Probably, not less than on the animated entrance. Don’t overlook that we solely realized concerning the existence of Tales of the Empire a month earlier than it dropped on Disney+ in Could 2024. It’s solely doable that they might pull the identical trick once more in 2025, asserting one other “Tales of” anthology sequence to comply with up Tales of the Empire and Tales of the Jedi.
There’s additionally the query of whether or not Disney has any long-form Star Wars animated tasks in improvement proper now. With The Dangerous Batch wrapping up final 12 months, we now have to think about that Dave Filoni and others have been laborious at work crafting the following nice Star Wars animated saga. We in all probability received’t see that sequence launch in 2025, however it’s doable we’ll not less than get an announcement and possibly even see some early footage. That may very well be one of many large bulletins at Star Wars Celebration Japan in April.
However on the live-action entrance, don’t count on any large surprises in 2025. The Acolyte was formally canceled, and with The Mandalorian saga persevering with on the massive display screen, we don’t even know if The Mandalorian: Season 4 is ever occurring. That simply leaves Ahsoka: Season 2, and that sequence isn’t returning till 2026 not less than.
The Finish of the Excessive Republic
If issues are wanting just a little barren on the live-action Star Wars entrance proper now, the identical definitely can’t be mentioned for the publishing aspect of issues. Followers of the Star Wars books and comics can be consuming very properly in 2025, notably these following Lucasfilm Publishing’s Excessive Republic saga. For the previous a number of years, these books and comics have been exploring the triumphs and tribulations of the Jedi a whole lot of years earlier than the Star Wars films, and all of it involves an finish quickly.
Search for a number of main Excessive Republic novels to be launched in 2025, together with Charles Soule’s The Excessive Republic: Trials of the Jedi, Claudia Grey’s The Excessive Republic: Into the Mild, and Justina Eire’s The Excessive Republic: A Valiant Vow. Of those, Trials of the Jedi is the one most price maintaining a tally of, because it serves because the climax of your entire Excessive Republic initiative. This novel will chronicle the ultimate battle between the Jedi and the Nihil and the Anonymous. Search for Trials of the Jedi to be launched on June 17.
To not be outdone, Marvel Comics has fairly an formidable Star Wars lineup deliberate for 2025. In 2024, most of Marvel’s ongoing Star Wars comics have been exploring the interval between The Empire Strikes Again and Return of the Jedi. Now that these books have ended, Marvel is casting a wider internet and branching out to a number of Star Wars eras in 2025.
Kicking issues off, search for Marvel to wrap up the restricted sequence Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku in January. This sequence has been busy fleshing out the ultimate main battle between the dying Empire and the New Republic two years after Return of the Jedi, and we’ll see the climax unfold in author Alex Segura and artist Jethro Morales and Leonard Kirk’s The Battle of Jakku: Final Stand.
From there, Marvel is veering in two wildly totally different instructions with its latest ongoing Star Wars comics. First, author Marc Guggenheim and artist Madibek Musabekov are heading to the Prequel period in Star Wars: Jedi Knights. Set earlier than the occasions of The Phantom Menace, the sequence will comply with quite a few members of the Jedi Order, together with Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Mace Windu, and Shaak Ti. The sequence even focuses on Depend Dooku earlier than his defection from the Jedi Order.
Elsewhere, Marvel is venturing deep into the period of the Sequel Trilogy for Charles Soule and Luke Ross’ Star Wars: Legacy of Vader. Set in between The Final Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, the sequence explores Kylo Ren’s wrestle because the newly topped Supreme Chief of the First Order and his quest to recommit himself to the Darkish Facet following his battles with Rey and Luke Skywalker. Soule beforehand fleshed out Ben Solo’s Darkish Facet origins in 2020’s Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren, so take into account this a sequel of kinds.
We now have to imagine these aren’t the one new Star Wars comics Marvel can be launching in 2025, because the writer has tended to publish 4 or 5 ongoing titles at any given time. Will Physician Aphra get one other solo sequence? Will we see different books fleshing out the clean canvas that’s the post-Return of the Jedi period? Solely time will inform on that entrance.
The Way forward for Star Wars Video games
If 2025 is shaping as much as be a comparatively quiet 12 months on the film and TV entrance, it’s not wanting any higher when it comes to online game releases. In truth, there aren’t any Star Wars video games confirmed for launch in 2024.
About all followers need to stay up for in the intervening time is new DLC for Star Wars Outlaws. In keeping with Ubisoft’s DLC roadmap, followers can count on a brand new story marketing campaign referred to as “A Pirate’s Fortune” to launch in Spring 2025. This marketing campaign focuses on fan-favorite pirate villain (or maybe he’s extra of an anti-hero) Hondo Ohnaka as he bumps into Kay Vess.
Ubisoft has but to disclose what, if any, new Outlaws content material is deliberate past “A Pirate’s Fortune.” Are there much more adventures deliberate for Kay and her motley crew, or do the lukewarm gross sales numbers spell doom for Outlaws’ ongoing future? We’ll have to attend for future bulletins to study extra.
Past that, all we are able to do is hope that 2025 brings with it information about different upcoming Star Wars video games. We all know EA is creating a 3rd sport within the Star Wars Jedi sequence. However with there being 4 years between the discharge of 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and 2023’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, it’s in all probability an excessive amount of to hope the brand new sport will really launch in 2025. At greatest, we’d see early footage of the sport and get a greater concept of when within the Star Wars timeline it takes place.
We’re additionally crossing our fingers for information on the oft-delayed remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic. Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch confirmed in 2024 that the sport continues to be in energetic improvement, regardless of rumors on the contrary. However what state is the sport in proper now, and when will we see footage of the remake in motion? Hopefully, 2025 brings with it some excellent news on the KOTOR entrance.
And let’s not overlook Quantic Dream’s Star Wars: Eclipse, one other title that was introduced after which seemingly vanished off the face of the Earth. Will 2025 be the 12 months Eclipse lastly rears its head once more, or will it go the way in which of so many different canceled Star Wars tasks?
What Concerning the Star Wars Films?
2025 received’t ship any new Star Wars theatrical releases, which at this level is nothing new. On the theatrical aspect, the franchise has been dormant for the reason that launch of The Rise of Skywalker again in 2019. However that’s to not say Lucasfilm hasn’t introduced loads of new Star Wars films lately. It’s price taking a look at what’s presently within the pipeline and the way possible we’re to get an replace in 2025.
The Mandalorian & Grogu
First, there’s the lone Star Wars film that’s really in manufacturing proper now, The Mandalorian & Grogu. This big-screen spinoff of The Mandalorian continues the shared story of the 2 heroes after the occasions of The Mandalorian: Season 3. Co-creator Jon Favreau is directing the movie, which is presently slated for launch on Could 22, 2026. Hopefully, we should always see a teaser trailer for the movie sooner or later in 2025, presumably as early as Star Wars Celebration Japan.
Dave Filoni’s Mando-Verse Film
To not be outdone, Favreau’s accomplice Dave Filoni is directing his personal live-action film, one anticipated to tie collectively characters and threads from The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, The Guide of Boba Fett, and different tasks from that period. Don’t count on a lot information on this film within the foreseeable future, nonetheless, as Filoni has to deal with Ahsoka: Season 2 first.
James Mangold’s Star Wars Film
Logan director James Mangold is helming a film set within the distant previous of the Star Wars universe, revealing the origins of the Jedi Order and reportedly that includes a “Biblical” scope. Lucasfilm could announce a author for the film in 2025, however don’t count on extra updates than that.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s New Jedi Order Film
Daisy Ridley is reprising the position of Rey Skywalker in a brand new film set 15 years after the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker. Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is directing. Hopefully, we’ll see some updates concerning the movie in 2025, however it’s unclear the place within the pipeline it presently falls.
Simon Kinberg’s Star Wars Trilogy
X-Males producer Simon Kinberg has been tapped to supervise a brand new trilogy of Star Wars films. Regardless of early rumors the trilogy will immediately proceed the Skywalker Saga, IGN was in a position to verify it’s as a substitute meant to deal with a brand new storyline. It’s nonetheless early days on this challenge, so we’re not anticipating to listen to a lot about Kinberg’s trilogy in 2025.
Taika Waititi’s Star Wars Film
Thor: Ragnarok’s Taika Waititi is outwardly nonetheless set to enterprise into the Star Wars universe, although it’s been years since we’ve gotten any substantive updates on this mysterious challenge. Will that lastly change in 2025?
And that’s what you’ll be able to count on from the Star Wars franchise in 2025. It’s a comparatively quiet 12 months, however there are nonetheless some very cool tasks for followers to stay up for within the new 12 months. What Star Wars story are you most excited to expertise in 2025? Tell us by voting in our ballot and posting down within the feedback.
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