Disney Streaming Service Won't Include Pre-2019 Star Wars Movies At Launch

Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that the studio apartment ’s long - await streaming serve will sport allStar Warsmovies bring forth after 2019 , but none of the motion-picture show that came before . This tidings does n’t arrive as much of a surprisal , since Disney sold the pour rights to the first six movies to Turner Broadcasting in 2016 , for $ 275 million , which remain in effect until 2024 . Disney has been trying tore - obtain those Star Wars rights from Turner , but talks have reportedly stall after Turner rejected Disney ’s initial enquiry .

That deal with Turner , which was made before Disney ’s plan for their own streaming service were developed , does not include any of the films Disney has produce . These include 2015’sStar Wars : The Force Awakens , 2016’sRogue One : A Star Wars Story , 2017’sStar war : The Last Jedi , this year’sSolo : A Star Wars Story , or the upcomingStar Wars : Episode IX , which recently start up production . However , Disney still has a deal in place with Netflix for the streaming right to all of the Disney - eraStar Warsmovies , which will ultimately result in theStar Warsfilms separate between three separate entities , once the Disney streaming armed service launch .

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Disney CEO Bob Iger toldVarietythat the " marketing will make it clear " that anyStar Warsmovie released before 2019 will not be admit on their streaming divine service , but added that , " Star war movies that come out in 2019 and afterward , you ’ll find them there . " While an accurate launch date has not yet been confirm , Iger did state that the service would launch sometime in late 2019 . The launching could coincide with the theatrical release ofStar Wars : Episode IX , currentlyslated for sack in December 2019 .

With well over a twelvemonth until the currently - nameless Disney streaming Robert William Service is set to launch , there is still more than enough time for a surprise hatful to be hammered out that order all of these belovedmovies under one roof , so to speak . Still , Turner is said to want much more economic value than what Disney is currently proffer , and there is no indication yet if Disney is also adjudicate to wrest the raw movies back from Netflix too . While it ’s known where these succeeding movies in a galaxy far , far away will at long last shore , there is n’t much known about the studio ’s futureStar Warsslate , aside from a reportedBoba Fettmovie in development with James Mangold .

Disney is also develop a new live - action television receiver series with Jon Favreau , which will reportedly cost upwards of$100 million for the 10 - sequence first season , for the streaming service . While this show , and hereafter movies may be enough for most fan to hand over their money for a subscription , there may still be fans who will keep off until the entire franchise can be launch in one blank space . Whether or not that will ever chance remains unclear , but it seems Disney is trying to make this a reality , as point by their late talks with Turner . Whether this beloved coltsfoot finds one home or three in this new geological era of cyclosis , there will certainly be no shortage of demand forStar Wars .