Star Wars is officially remaking the franchise's worst Disney+ series, and many fans are hopeful it will make the show seem a little better in hindsight. Star Wars has had its fair share of ups and downs on Disney+ over the years, but there are only a handful of projects where nearly everyone agrees it was a hit or a miss.
Several projects have spanned different timeframes across the galaxy, such as The Acolyte in the High Republic era and Obi-Wan Kenobi between Episodes 3 and 4. However, the largest and most ambitious endeavor for Star Wars on Disney+ is the MandoVerse, a tapestry of storytelling that invites bigger thrills and excitement, as well as heightened scrutiny.
In the past, Star Wars has taken measures to retroactively fix poorly received projects, such as releasing The Clone Wars to improve the prequel trilogy or creating the Special Editions to adjust the visuals and storytelling of the original trilogy. This was even seen in The Mandalorian, with Palpatine's return teased through Project Necromancer to remedy mistakes made by The Rise of Skywalker. Now, Lucasfilm is doing so again with a full remake.
Marvel Comics announced that it would be releasing a seven-part comic series titled The Book of Boba Fett. Issue #1 is scheduled for release on September 9, 2026, with the remaining six issues expected to follow throughout the rest of 2026 and into 2027.
Each issue will correspond with an episode from the Book of Boba Fett Disney+ series. For example, issue #1 will cover the events from Episode 1 of the show, and so on. Ironically, The Book of Boba Fett will be a literal book when the first issue is released.
Therefore, there won't be any new content in the Book of Boba Fett comic books, and it will be a pure retelling of the events from the Disney+ show. This is not new for Star Wars. There were also comic adaptations of The Mandalorian and Ahsoka. However, fans may feel that The Book of Boba Fett would work better as a comic book story than as a Disney+ series, since the show did not perform well.
The release of this comic book means Star Wars is remaking its lowest-rated Disney+ series of all time in another medium. For reference, The Book of Boba Fett has the lowest critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes of any Star Wars Disney+ series. Specifically, the show has a 66% critics' score, well below those of the other shows. For reference, other Disney+ titles are well into the 70s or 80s, like The Acolyte at 79&, Ahsoka at 85%, and The Mandalorian at 90%.
Upcoming Star Wars Projects That Will Improve Star Wars Storytelling
Star Wars: Starfighter
Starfighter is slated to be released on May 28, 2027, and will be the next feature film from Lucasfilm following the recently released The Mandalorian and Grogu. Many fans are excited for this movie due to its star-studded cast and its status as an original story.
Starfighter will likely still have issues, but its biggest draw is that it won't be connected to the Skywalker Saga or any other Star Wars content. It is possible familiar characters could pop up in the movie, especially at the end, but for the most part, it seems self-contained. One of the biggest criticisms many fans have of current Star Wars storytelling (especially on Disney+) is that everything is too connected. The galaxy is massive and tens of thousands of years old, yet Lucasfilm continues to visit the same planets with the same characters in the same time period.
Maul - Shadow Lord Season 2
It may be a bit hypocritical to say that Maul - Shadow Lord Season 2 is one of the most anticipated upcoming Star Wars projects since it is centered around a familiar character in a familiar time period, right after stating that Star Wars needed to move away from that. However, Maul - Shadow Lord is a bit of an outlier because, despite showcasing a character like Maul during the rise of the Empire, its writing and themes are so strong that it doesn't matter when it is set and which characters are explored.
Dave Filoni told the creative team behind Shadow Lord that it needed to improve every aspect of its work compared to previous animated projects, and it succeeded. Season 1 proved that Star Wars animation is just as good, if not better than live-action. If Season 2 continues to be a character study for not only Maul, but Devon Izara as well, it could go down as the greatest Star Wars project of all time.
Ahsoka Season 2
Of all upcoming Star Wars projects, Ahsoka has the greatest chance to improve Star Wars storytelling (specifically on Disney+). Season 1 was fine for many fans, but that was the problem. It didn't necessarily elicit a reaction one way or the other, and it turned out to be fairly forgettable.
Season 2 is slated to continue exploring Ahsoka's psyche after Rebels, which could be the story's highlight. However, it will also include Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker once again, while also bringing back the Mortis gods from The Clone Wars.
While doing all of that, fans will get to see the continuation of the Thrawn storyline, since he is back in the regular Star Wars galaxy, and the project could set up Dave Filoni's culminating project, which is expected to include characters from the MandoVerse. Ahsoka needs to hit its mark if Star Wars storytelling is to continue on Disney+, and Season 2 is primed to do just that.
Star Wars Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi
When Star Wars: Visions Season 1 was released, many fans agreed that "The Ninth Jedi" was undoubtedly the best episode. The storyline introduced in that episode was continued in a Season 3 episode, and fans will return to it in an animated series centered solely on those characters.
If The Ninth Jedi can replicate what made it popular in the first place, it will help break Star Wars out of its mold, where everything has to be connected, and will prove that original stories with new characters can be successful.
Lando
Unfortunately, fans still don't know if the Lando feature film will ever see the light of day. It was originally announced as a Disney+ series starring Donald Glover (who played Lando Calrissian in Solo), but it was eventually turned into a movie.
Lando is one of those projects that Star Wars officially announced but then shelved. However, Glover and his brother, Stephen, who are writing the script, insist that it is still in the works. The most important thing Lando can do is get itself released.
Many projects announced have been canceled after their confirmations. Lando getting a theatrical release could prove to fans, and to Lucasfilm and Disney, that general audiences are still interested in Star Wars, and that these announced movies need to actually get made.
Rey Movie
Another announced Star Wars movie that seems to be in limbo is the feature film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. It doesn't have an official title, but it is supposed to feature Rey during the New Jedi Order time period after The Rise of Skywalker.
Like Lando, Lucasfilm keeps telling fans the movie will still be released, but it seems to be on the back burner. However, it is critical that the movie go into production and eventually come out, because it could make the sequel trilogy much better and make fans more forgiving of those three films.
The Clone Wars did so much for the prequel trilogy, and many fans now look back on those films in a much better light than they used to. The Rey movie could do the same for the sequel trilogy, and if that were the case, it would only be beneficial for Star Wars as a whole.
Simon Kinberg Trilogy
Simon Kinberg is also working on a Star Wars trilogy that seems to be gaining little traction. Of every rumored and announced future Star Wars title, Kinberg's is the most head-scratching, because no one can figure out what it is supposed to be.
There is already a Rey movie in development set after The Rise of Skywalker. However, reports indicate that Kinberg's trilogy will essentially serve as Episodes 10-12 of the Skywalker Saga. If that is the case, Rey would probably show up in those films since she was such a central character of the Skywalker Saga, but that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense, considering she is getting her own feature film.
The best thing Disney and Lucasfilm could do with Kinberg's trilogy is make it something new. Fans have been begging for a movie trilogy set in the Old Republic. While Kinberg may not be the best person to create an Old Republic trilogy, his could open the door for one down the line if it proves that fresh stories in new time periods can work.
Dawn of the Jedi
A few years ago, Lucasfilm announced that James Mangold was creating his own Star Wars movie set around 25,000 years before The Phantom Menace. Immediately, fans were excited to see what Mangold would bring to the table, given his past work in the film industry and the fact that the film would explore an exciting new era in the galaxy far, far away.
Now, it seems like Dawn of the Jedi is another project in limbo. Like Lando, it would be more than beneficial if it were released, but it seems Mangold is busy with other work.
Since it is set in a new era and wouldn't cross over into anything that has ever been released in Star Wars, it is vital for Mangold's film to go into production and eventually be released, as it would prove to Disney and Lucasfilm that fans want to see new stories and new characters.
The Book of Boba Fett was criticized for its weak writing, filler episodes, and for including other storylines that weren't about Boba Fett. For example, Episode 5 of the show is often considered the best installment, and it didn't even feature Boba Fett. Essentially, it was another chapter of The Mandalorian, so fans pointed out that Boba couldn't even carry his own Disney+ series and needed Din Djarin to be successful.
