April 2026 is going to be the best month in a long time for Marvel and Star Wars on Disney+. The complete catalogs of the MCU and Star Wars were a major sales point of Disney+ at launch. The promise of full access to those beloved franchise libraries, combined with brand-new original offerings, especially ones released simultaneously, is undeniably the streamer's best feature.
MCU and Star Wars originals haven't overlapped on Disney+ in a year since Daredevil: Born Again Season 1's latter episodes shared April 2025 with Andor Season 2's debut. Just months before, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 1 had some crossover with Star Wars: Skeleton Crew in January 2025.
That will all change in April 2026, as fans can look forward to weekly episodes of the MCU's Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 and Star Wars' Maul: Shadow Lord. The crossover of Born Again and Shadow Lord is particularly notable given the anticipation surrounding both shows. As the war against Kingpin heats up in Episodes 4-7 of the MCU series, subscribers will be treated to the first eight chapters of a sequel to The Clone Wars, a highly-regarded Star Wars series, that places the legendary Darth Maul in his first-ever solo outing.
That's not where the craziness stops for Disney+ next month, as Spider-Man: No Way Home will finally board the streamer on Wednesday, April 15, while new episodes of the Disney Jr. Marvel shorts series, Meet Iron Man and his Awesome Friends, are also set to arrive one day earlier on Tuesday, April 14.
Disney+'s exciting Marvel and Star Wars release calendar for April 2026, which spawns four different projects, can be seen below:
- Monday, April 6 - Maul: Shadow Lord Chapter 1, "The Dark Revenge" AND Chapter 2, "Sinister Schemes"
- Tuesday, April 7 - Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 4, "Gloves Off"
- Monday, April 13 - Maul: Shadow Lord Chapter 3, "Whispers in the Unknown" AND Chapter 4, "Pride and Vengeance"
- Tuesday, April 14 - Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 5, "The Grand Design" AND Meet Iron Man and His Awesome Friends
- Wednesday, April 15 - Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Monday, April 20 - Maul: Shadow Lord Chapter 5, "Inquisition" AND Chapter 6, "Night of the Hunted"
- Tuesday, April 21 - Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 6, "Requiem"
- Monday, April 27 - Maul: Shadow Lord Chapter 7, "Call to the Oblivion" AND Chapter 8, "The Creeping Fear"
- Tuesday, April 28 - Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 7, "The Hateful Darkness"
Beyond the excitement surrounding one of the biggest streaming originals of the year, Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, April will be a groundbreaking month for the MCU on Disney+. For the first time ever, the entire canon MCU catalog will finally be available for streaming and unlimited binging on Disney+.
Marvel & Star Wars Will Have 6 More Disney+ Releases in 2026
April may be a big month for Marvel and Star Wars on the House of Mouse's streaming hub, but this year is just getting started. Disney+ will deliver a Marvel and Star Wars triple offering in May, including the final episodes of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 and Maul: Shadow Lord, with The Punisher: One Last Kill special confirmed to follow shortly after on May 12.
Later in the year, the MCU's Disney+ tenure will complete a full circle this fall with VisionQuest, the final chapter of the WandaVision trilogy, continuing the story that began in the franchise's first-ever blockbuster streaming show in 2021. Star Wars also has another live-action original on the horizon with the long-awaited Ahsoka Season 2, picking up the epic MandoVerse shifting cliffhanger from 2021.
Sadly, Disney+ will omit one MCU staple from its 2026 release calendar, with no newly released movies coming to the streamer. As Avengers: Doomsday won't land on Disney+ until 2027 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day isn't expected to arrive until 2028, it seems No Way Home will be the MCU's only theatrical addition.
Lucasfilm will pick up some of that slack, with The Mandalorian & Grogu likely coming to Disney+ in the second half of 2026. There's no doubt that the streaming release of Star Wars' first movie in seven years will be a major moment, especially since it is replacing The Mandalorian Season 4, acting as a sequel to the show.
A slew of animated projects will pad out the slate for both studios, with Lucasfilm still to release Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi later this year. Marvel Animation has two offerings lined up, with X-Men '97 Season 2 coming this summer and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 2 swinging into the picture this fall.
