Yet one more Star Wars film has been pulled from one more deliberate launch date.

Disney and Lucasfilm had penciled within the a brand new Star Wars movie for launch in theaters on December 18, 2026, a bit over two years from now. However now, in accordance with a number of media experiences, that’s not occurring. As a substitute, Disney can be releasing a brand new Ice Age animated characteristic on that date. (Disney acquired Ice Age of their buy of twentieth Century Fox.)

Per Selection, “whereas it was by no means confirmed precisely what this mission can be, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was beforehand introduced because the director of an upcoming Star Wars movie following Daisy Ridley’s Rey after the occasions of 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Again in October, it was reported that this mission had misplaced its screenwriter, with the departure of Steven Knight.

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Though Lucasfilm has launched a gentle stream of TV initiatives to Disney+ since 2019, it’s now 5 years and counting for the reason that final Star Wars characteristic movie got here to theaters. In that point a complete slew of initiatives have been introduced or rumored and are available to nothing, together with a Rogue Squadron film directed by Patty Jenkins, a thriller mission from Marvel’s Kevin Feige, and full trilogies of films from Rian Johnson and Recreation of Thrones’ Benioff and Weiss.

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With one more Star Wars movie no less than delayed (if not completely postponed) which means the earliest we’ll see a brand new Star Wars movie in theaters is Could of 2026 — when the film model of The Mandalorian is meant to debut. And Disney has one other Star Wars film of some kind scheduled for Christmas of 2027 — no less than tentatively. You might be forgiven if at this level you’re skeptical about any of those Star Wars initiatives ever seeing the sunshine of day.