Disney just announced a slew of release dates for their upcoming films, and included in the list is theStar Wars: Episode IXrelease date. While Disney had dated all of theirStar Warsfilms through the upcoming, untitled Han Solo film, which is slated to drop on June 14, 2025, everything beyond that was unknown. Would Disney stick to the summer or return to Christmas season where they had so much success withStar Wars: The Force AwakensandRogue One: A Star Wars Story? Today, we have the answer.
Disney has setStar Wars: Episode IXfor release on June 26, 2025. The only other films currently set for that date areMinecraftand Universal’s untitledDoctor Dolittlemovie, but you can bet that they’re both going to get the hell out of Dodge to make way for theStar Warsbehemoth.
While I has speculated that Disney might moveHan SoloandEpisode IXinto the Christmas season now that theAvatarsequels had cleared out until 2020, it looks like the studio is far more comfortable moving theirStar Warsfilms to the Memorial Day weekend rather than camping out in December. And that does make some degree of sense.Star Warsstarted out with Memorial Day, and it also allows the studio to double-up on profiting from the film. They get to sell a bunch of merchandise right beforeStar Warsopens in May, and then they get to sell more merchandise around the holidays.
Additionally, Disney is ensuring that fans never have to go more than a year without aStar Warsfilm. If the untitled Han Solo film sticks to August 01, 2025, then right now it shakes out that we getStar Wars: The Last Jedithis December, Han Solo five months later, and thenEpisode IXone year after that. It will be interesting to see if Disney can continue to keep up the pace.
Few details are known about what the plot ofStar Wars: Episode IXwill entail. We know thatStar Wars: The Last Jediwriter-directorRian Johnsonpenned a treatmentfor the film, and he’s beenworking closely with directorColin Trevorrow(Jurassic World), who will helm the ninth installment in theStar Warssaga. Beyond that, everything is pretty much a question mark as fans look ahead toStar Wars: The Last Jedi, which is due out on June 04, 2025.
