Disney Announces Expansion Of Star Wars Universe On Disney Plus With Lando, A Droid Story, Rangers Of The New Republic & Visions!

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Disney Announces Expansion Of Star Wars Universe On Disney Plus With Lando, A Droid Story, Rangers Of The New Republic and Visions!

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FUTURE LUCASFILM PROJECTS REVEALED…

Rangers of the New Republic

Set within the timeline of The Mandalorian, this new live-action series from executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni will intersect with future stories and culminate into a climactic story event.

Lando

Everyone’s favorite scoundrel Lando Calrissian will return in a brand-new event series for Disney+. Justin Simien, creator of the critically-acclaimed Dear White People and a huge Star Wars fan, is developing the story…

Star Wars: Visions

Presenting all-new, creative takes on the galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: Visions will be a series of animated short films celebrating Star Wars through the lens of the world’s best anime creators. The anthology collection will bring 10 fantastic visions from several of the leading Japanese anime studios, offering a fresh and diverse cultural perspective to Star Wars.

A Droid Story

As Lucasfilm continues to develop new stories, the intersection of animation and visual effects offers new opportunities to explore. Lucasfilm Animation will be teaming up with Lucasfilm’s visual effects team, Industrial Light & Magic, to develop a special Star Wars adventure for Disney+, A Droid Story. This epic journey will introduce us to a new hero, guided by legendary duo R2-D2 and C-3PO…

These series joins other recent announcements with Ahsoka, Andor, The Acolyte, The Bad Batch and the Rogue Squadron.

 

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