The last two months of 2019 will belong to Star Wars. First comes The Mandalorian on Disney Plus, but then comes the big one: The Rise of Skywalker.
But according to Bob Iger, speaking at a Disney earnings call, after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in December, you can expect Star Wars feature films to go on "hiatus".
Disney CEO Bob Iger says #StarWars feature films will go on "into a hiatus" following #RiseofSkywalker. Says there will be lots of activity on TV front, mentions 3 series in the works for #DisneyPlus.
— Brent Lang (@BrentALang) November 7, 2019
According to Iger, Disney is thinking of Star Wars (and Marvel) as "more that just... film franchises." Star Wars especially is a franchise that can make money via theme parks, merchandising and, now, as a TV property.
In terms of recent news, this makes sense. The David Benioff & D. B. Weiss movies were recently cancelled after the former Game of Thrones showrunners signed a lucrative deal with Netflix. Their trilogy was reportedly being set in a post-Rise of Skywalker universe. So, for the foreseeable future, you can expect to get your Star Wars fix on television with shows like the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series.