Star Wars fans may be losing another Disney+ series as Jon Watts project stalls
An unannounced Star Wars Disney+ series from Jon Watts and Christopher Ford appears to have been shelved after months in development.
For Star Wars fans waiting to see what live action story would hit Disney+ next, the field may have narrowed again. An unannounced series from Skeleton Crew creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford appears to have been shelved after months of work at Lucasfilm.
What changed
The project was being developed through much of 2026 as an eight episode live action series for Disney+. A full writers' room was in place in January, and work continued until August, but the show has since gone quiet.
It was not being built as Skeleton Crew season 2. Instead, the new series was described as a separate western set somewhere in the Star Wars universe. No cast, release date, or filming schedule was ever announced, and there has been no public indication of which characters or era it would have covered.
Its exact status is still unclear. The show may have been put on hold, or it may have been canceled entirely. Lucasfilm has not publicly acknowledged the project.
What it means for the Star Wars slate
For Disney+ viewers, this leaves the franchise with an even thinner live action pipeline. Andor season 2, which ended in May 2025, is still the most recent live action Star Wars series on the service. If nothing else changes, 2026 will be the first calendar year since Disney+ launched without a new live action Star Wars series.
The next confirmed one is Ahsoka season 2, set to premiere on January 20, 2027. Rosario Dawson returns as Ahsoka Tano, with Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Hayden Christensen, and Lars Mikkelsen also part of the season as the story continues the fight against Grand Admiral Thrawn.
The stalled Watts and Ford show also lands in the middle of a broader stretch of uncertainty for Lucasfilm. Daisy Ridley is still attached to a standalone Rey film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, but that movie does not have a confirmed release date. Rogue Squadron remains delayed after being removed from Disney's schedule, James Mangold's film about the earliest Jedi is on hold, and Taika Waititi's long announced Star Wars movie still has no date.
Watts does still appear to remain in Lucasfilm's orbit on the film side. He has been linked to directing the first movie in a new trilogy written by Simon Kinberg, though there has been no confirmation that this has anything to do with the Disney+ series losing momentum.
