166-483: The Star Wars franchise has spawned multiple films and television series. Two animated series were released in the mid-1980s. Further animated series began to be released in the 2000s, the first two of which focused on the prequel trilogy -era Clone Wars . After Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, only The Clone Wars was kept in the canon of continuity of the episodic Star Wars films. Two additional half-hour animated series were created: Rebels , which ties into
332-500: A CA$ 500 million (US$ 400 million) investment over the next five years in producing content in Canada. The company denied that the deal was intended to result in a tax break . Netflix realized this goal by December 2018. In October 2017, Netflix iterated a goal of having half of its library consist of original content by 2019, announcing a plan to invest $ 8 billion on original content in 2018. In October 2017, Netflix introduced
498-428: A Defenders miniseries that would tie them together. Daredevil and Jessica Jones premiered in 2015. The Luke Cage series premiered on September 30, 2016, followed by Iron Fist on March 17, 2017, and The Defenders on August 18, 2017. Marvel owner Disney later entered into other content agreements with Netflix, including acquiring its animated Star Wars series Star Wars: The Clone Wars , and
664-678: A First Order Star Destroyer . It was released on May 4, 2021, along with the Biomes short film. A short depicting various biomes of the Star Wars universe debuted on Disney+ on May 4, 2021, along with the Vehicle Flythroughs shorts. Galaxy of Sounds is a Disney+ series of seven short compilations focusing on the sound effects from various Star Wars films, grouped into thematic episodes. A making-of documentary series about The Book of Boba Fett debuted on Disney+ with
830-514: A Young Jedi Adventures animated series was announced at Star Wars Celebration. The series is targeted at young audiences and their families, and is set during the High Republic era, following a group of younglings as they learn the ways of the Force , including compassion, self-discipline, team work and patience, to become Jedi Knights . Three animated shorts introducing the characters of
996-523: A compact disc to Hastings's house in Santa Cruz. When the CD arrived intact, they decided to enter the $ 16 billion Home-video sales and rental industry. Hastings is often quoted saying that he decided to start Netflix after being fined $ 40 at a Blockbuster store for being late to return a copy of Apollo 13 . Hastings invested $ 2.5 million into Netflix from the sale of Pure Atria. Netflix launched as
1162-546: A music publishing deal with BMG Rights Management , whereby BMG will oversee rights outside of the United States for music associated with Netflix original content. Netflix continues to handle these tasks in-house in the United States. On April 25, 2017, Netflix signed a licensing deal with IQIYI , a Chinese video streaming platform owned by Baidu , to allow selected Netflix original content to be distributed in China on
1328-476: A series bible and a draft of the pilot episode. In April 2019, Alan Tudyk was confirmed to be reprising his role of K-2SO . In April 2020, Tony Gilroy , who worked on the reshoots of Rogue One , replaced Schiff as showrunner. Gilroy was going to write and direct the pilot, and direct other episodes as well. It was also revealed in April 2020 that Stellan Skarsgård , Kyle Soller , and Denise Gough had joined
1494-508: A "Netflix Player" that would allow streaming content to be played directly on a television rather than a desktop or laptop. Hastings eventually shut down the project to help encourage other hardware manufacturers to include built-in Netflix support, which would be spun off as the digital media player product Roku . In January 2008, all rental-disc subscribers became entitled to unlimited streaming at no additional cost. This change came in
1660-647: A "pilot". The Clone Wars (2008–2020) was introduced through a 2008 animated film of the same name . The series is set between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith of the prequel trilogy . It focuses mainly on the Jedi characters of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi , as well as Anakin's Padawan apprentice, Ahsoka Tano (an original character created by Filoni for the series), with other characters from
1826-434: A 10-episode adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back debuted in 1983. Billy Dee Williams joined the other two stars, reprising his role as Lando Calrissian. In 1983, Buena Vista Records released an original, 30-minute Star Wars audio drama titled Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell , written by Daley. In the 1990s, Time Warner Audio Publishing adapted several Star Wars series from Dark Horse Comics into audio dramas:
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#17327721794641992-413: A DVD rental service, which not only allowed users to check out titles through online sites but allowed for them to return them at brick and-mortar stores. By 2006, Blockbuster's service reached two million users, and while trailing Netflix's subscriber count, was drawing business away from Netflix. Netflix lowered fees in 2007. While it was an urban legend that Netflix ultimately "killed" Blockbuster in
2158-824: A Netflix original series, receiving much critical acclaim. On January 22, 2019, Netflix sought and was approved for membership into the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), making it the first streaming service to join the association. In February 2019, The Haunting creator Mike Flanagan joined frequent collaborator Trevor Macy as a partner in Intrepid Pictures and the duo signed an exclusive overall deal with Netflix to produce television content. On May 9, 2019, Netflix contracted with Dark Horse Entertainment to make television series and films based on comics from Dark Horse Comics . In July 2019, Netflix announced that it would be opening
2324-619: A bunch of personal dramas in it. It's not really based on action-adventure films from the '30s—it's actually more based on film noir movies from the '40s!" Producer Rick McCallum revealed the working title, Star Wars: Underworld , in 2012, and that it would focus on criminal and political power struggles in the "period when the Empire is trying to take things over." Over one hundred 42-minute episodes were planned, with 50 scripts written. These were mostly second drafts, but due to their complex content, were too expensive to produce. Ronald D. Moore
2490-766: A concession stand. In January 2020, Netflix announced a new four-film deal with Adam Sandler worth up to $ 275 million. On February 25, 2020, Netflix formed partnerships with six Japanese creators to produce an original Japanese anime project. This partnership includes manga creator group CLAMP, mangaka Shin Kibayashi , mangaka Yasuo Ohtagaki, novelist and film director Otsuichi , novelist Tow Ubutaka, and manga creator Mari Yamazaki . On March 4, 2020, ViacomCBS announced that it will be producing two spin-off films based on SpongeBob SquarePants for Netflix. On April 7, 2020, Peter Chernin 's Chernin Entertainment made
2656-1970: A deal with Open Road Films . On August 23, 2012, Netflix and The Weinstein Company signed a multi-year output deal for RADiUS-TWC films. In September 2012, Epix signed a five-year streaming deal with Netflix. For the initial two years of this agreement, first-run and back-catalog content from Epix was exclusive to Netflix. Epix films came to Netflix 90 days after premiering on Epix. These included films from Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate. On October 18, 2012, Netflix launched in Denmark , Finland , Norway and Sweden . On December 4, 2012, Netflix and Disney announced an exclusive multi-year agreement for first-run United States subscription television rights to Walt Disney Studios ' animated and live-action films, with classics such as Dumbo , Alice in Wonderland and Pocahontas available immediately and others available on Netflix beginning in 2016. Direct-to-video releases were made available in 2013. On January 14, 2013, Netflix signed an agreement with Time Warner 's Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Television to distribute Cartoon Network , Warner Bros. Animation , and Adult Swim content, as well as TNT 's Dallas , beginning in March 2013. The rights to these programs were given to Netflix shortly after deals with Viacom to stream Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Channel programs expired. For cost reasons, Netflix stated that it would limit its expansion in 2013, adding only one new market—the Netherlands—in September of that year. This expanded its availability to 40 territories. In 2011, Netflix began its efforts into original content development. In March, it made
2822-513: A formal announcement planned for the series at Star Wars Celebration in May 2022. In mid-May 2022, it was further revealed that the series was being created and written by Christopher Ford , who would also executive produce with Watts. The series would be set after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983) and was being described as a "galactic version of classic Amblin coming-of-age adventure films of
2988-412: A hub at Shepperton Studios as part of a deal with Pinewood Group . In early-August 2019, Netflix negotiated an exclusive multi-year film and television deal with Game of Thrones creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss . The first Netflix production created by Benioff and Weiss was planned as an adaptation of Liu Cixin 's science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem , part of
3154-440: A limited series. Filming had begun by May 2021. On Disney Investor Day 2020, it was revealed that Hayden Christensen would reprise his role as Darth Vader, and that the series would be titled Obi-Wan Kenobi . The series premiered on May 27, 2022, with its first two episodes, and consisted of six episodes, airing the remaining four weekly on Wednesdays until June 22. The series follows rebel spy Cassian Andor , five years before
3320-430: A master and their apprentice. The franchise is set against a backdrop of galactic conflict involving republics and empires, such as the evil Galactic Empire . The Jedi and Sith prefer the use of a weapon called the lightsaber , a blade of plasma that can cut through virtually any surface and deflect energy bolts. The rest of the population, as well as renegades and soldiers, use plasma-powered blaster firearms . In
3486-472: A mixed reception from critics and audiences. Several Star Wars films have been produced separately from the Skywalker Saga. In 2008, Lucasfilm released the animated film The Clone Wars , which is set during the prequel trilogy and serves as the theatrical pilot of the television series of the same name . Following Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, an "anthology" film series set between
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#17327721794643652-666: A multi-year deal to create original projects for the service. In May 2014, Netflix & Sony Pictures Animation had a major multi-deal to acquired streaming rights to produce films. It also began to introduce an updated logo, with a flatter appearance and updated typography. In September 2014, Netflix expanded into six new European markets, including Austria , Belgium , France , Germany , Luxembourg , and Switzerland . On September 10, 2014, Netflix participated in Internet Slowdown Day by deliberately slowing down its speed in support of net neutrality regulations in
3818-472: A new season of the previously cancelled Fox sitcom Arrested Development . Netflix acquired the U.S. rights to the Norwegian drama Lilyhammer after its television premiere on Norway's NRK1 on January 25, 2012. Notably departing from the traditional broadcast television model of weekly episode premieres, Netflix chose to release the entire first season on February 8 of the same year. House of Cards
3984-437: A new sixth season. In February 2014, Netflix began to enter into agreements with U.S. internet service providers, beginning with Comcast (whose customers had repeatedly complained of frequent buffering when streaming Netflix), in order to provide the service a direct connection to their networks. In April 2014, Netflix signed Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz and his production firm The Hurwitz Company to
4150-491: A per-rental model for each DVD but introduced a monthly subscription concept in September 1999. The per-rental model was dropped by early 2000, allowing the company to focus on the business model of flat-fee unlimited rentals without due dates, late fees, shipping and handling fees, or per-title rental fees. In September 2000, during the dot-com bubble , while Netflix was suffering losses, Hastings and Randolph offered to sell
4316-602: A point where scripts were written and that she felt some of the ideas for the series would "figure into future episodes ... of the next iteration of Mandalorian ". Empire cited Gina Carano's departure from Lucasfilm as a possible reason for the halting of the series, implying that her character, Cara Dune , was intended to star in it. A Mandalorian spin-off series centered on Dune had been rumored by late 2020, but after Carano posted controversial social media statements in November 2020 and February 2021, Disney severed ties with
4482-736: A popular gift for holiday sales in late 2001, and demand for DVD subscription services were "growing like crazy", according to chief talent officer Patty McCord . The company went public on May 23, 2002, selling 5.5 million shares of common stock at US$ 15.00 per share. In 2003, Netflix was issued a patent by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to cover its subscription rental service and several extensions. Netflix posted its first profit in 2003, earning $ 6.5 million on revenues of $ 272 million; by 2004, profit had increased to $ 49 million on over $ 500 million in revenues. In 2005, 35,000 different films were available, and Netflix shipped 1 million DVDs out every day. In 2004, Blockbuster introduced
4648-621: A response to the introduction of Hulu and to Apple 's new video-rental services. In August 2008, the Netflix database was corrupted and the company was not able to ship DVDs to customers for 3 days, leading the company to move all its data to the Amazon Web Services cloud. In November 2008, Netflix began offering subscribers rentals on Blu-ray and discontinued its sale of used DVDs. In 2009, Netflix streams overtook DVD shipments. On January 6, 2010, Netflix agreed with Warner Bros. to delay new release rentals to 28 days after
4814-520: A series of murders of Jedi Masters. The Star Wars canon fictional universe spans multiple eras, of which three are focused around each of the film trilogies. The following eras were defined in January 2021, and further refined and expanded in April 2023: The Expanded Universe of spin-off media depicts different levels of continuity, which were deemed non-canonical and rebranded as Legends on April 25, 2014, to make most subsequent works align to
4980-764: A settlement with the American Council of the Blind , Netflix agreed to provide descriptions for its original series within 30 days of their premiere, and add screen reader support and the ability to browse content by availability of descriptions. In March 2015, Netflix expanded to Australia and New Zealand . In September 2015, Netflix launched in Japan , its first country in Asia. In October 2015, Netflix launched in Italy , Portugal , and Spain . In January 2016, at
5146-435: A single hour-long episode in May 2022. A making-of documentary series about Obi-Wan Kenobi was released on Disney+ in September 2022. It consists of a single hour-long episode, which features interviews with Ewan MacGregor, Hayden Christensen and Deborah Chow. In 2005, plans for a live-action television series set between the prequel and original trilogies were announced at Star Wars Celebration . In 2007, Lucas described
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5312-539: A straight-to-series order from MRC for the political drama House of Cards , led by Kevin Spacey , outbidding U.S. cable networks. This marked the first instance of a first-run television series being specifically commissioned by the service. In November the same year, Netflix added two more significant productions to its roster: the comedy-drama Orange Is the New Black , adapted from Piper Kerman 's memoir , and
5478-442: A theme for Obi-Wan Kenobi for the miniseries and Han Solo's theme for Solo: A Star Wars Story . Williams also created the main theme for Galaxy's Edge . Several other composers worked on other soundtracks, including John Powell ( Obi-Wan Kenobi ), Michael Giacchino ( Rogue One ), and Ludwig Göransson ( The Mandalorian ). The first Star Wars audio work is The Story of Star Wars , an LP using audio samples from
5644-562: Is an anthology anime series of nine short films by different creators, set in the Star Wars universe but not restricted to the canonical timeline. It released on Disney+ on September 22, 2021. Footage from the project was first revealed at Anime Expo on July 3. The anthology featured short films produced by Kamikaze Douga, Geno Studio , Studio Colorido , Studio Trigger , Kinema Citrus , Science SARU , and Production I.G . A second volume of shorts from animation studios based in Japan, Chile,
5810-514: Is common due to lightspeed hyperspace technology. The planets range from wealthy, planet-wide cities to deserts scarcely populated by primitive tribes. Virtually any Earth biome , along with many fictional ones, has its counterpart as a Star Wars planet which, in most cases, teem with sentient and non-sentient alien life. The franchise also makes use of other astronomical objects such as asteroid fields and nebulae . Spacecraft range from small starfighters to large capital ships, such as
5976-619: Is impossible for the Force. These superpowers are wielded by two major knightly orders at conflict with each other: the Jedi , peacekeepers of the Galactic Republic who act on the light side of the Force through non-attachment and arbitration , and the Sith , who use the dark side by manipulating fear and aggression. While Jedi Knights can be numerous, the Dark Lords of the Sith (or 'Darths') are intended to be limited to two:
6142-461: Is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The original 1977 film, retroactively subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope , was followed by the sequels Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983), forming the original Star Wars trilogy . Lucas later returned to the series to write and direct a prequel trilogy , consisting of Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Episode II: Attack of
6308-636: Is the 23rd most-visited website in the world , with 23.66% of its traffic coming from the United States , followed by the United Kingdom at 5.84%, and Brazil at 5.64%. Netflix was founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings on August 29, 1997, in Scotts Valley, California . Hastings, a computer scientist and mathematician, was a co-founder of Pure Software , which was acquired by Rational Software that year for $ 750 million,
6474-400: Is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 282.7 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2024. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2023, Netflix
6640-538: The Jedi Academy trilogy (1994) by Kevin J. Anderson , the 14-book Young Jedi Knights series (1995–1998) by Anderson and Rebecca Moesta , and the X-wing series (1996–2012) by Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston . Del Rey took over Star Wars book publishing in 1999, releasing what would become a 19-installment novel series called The New Jedi Order (1999–2003). Written by multiple authors,
6806-604: The Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. On September 30, 2019, in addition to renewing Stranger Things for a fourth season , Netflix signed The Duffer Brothers to an overall deal covering future film and television projects for the service. On November 13, 2019, Netflix and Nickelodeon entered into a multi-year agreement to produce several original animated feature films and television series based on Nickelodeon's library of characters. This agreement expanded on their existing relationship, in which new specials based on
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6972-442: The 2008 series of the same name . Following Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, all animated series released prior to 2014, apart from the 2008 series, were discarded from the franchise's canon . Subsequent animated series include Rebels , released in 2014; Resistance , released in 2018; and The Bad Batch , released in 2021. Several micro-series and shorts have also been released by Lucasfilm since Disney's acquisition, with
7138-506: The BBC , Sarandos said the company also looking to expand investments in non-traditional foreign markets due to the growth of viewers outside of North America. At the time, this included programs such as Dark from Germany, Ingobernable from Mexico and 3% from Brazil . On May 22, 2018, former president , Barack Obama , and his wife, Michelle Obama , signed a deal to produce docu-series, documentaries and features for Netflix under
7304-621: The Consumer Electronics Show , Netflix announced a major international expansion of its service into 130 additional countries. It then had become available worldwide except China , Syria , North Korea , Kosovo and Crimea . In May 2016, Netflix created a tool called Fast.com to determine the speed of an Internet connection. It received praise for being "simple" and "easy to use", and does not include online advertising , unlike competitors. On November 30, 2016, Netflix launched an offline playback feature, allowing users of
7470-613: The Galactic Empire in the years leading up to A New Hope . It closed some of the arcs introduced in The Clone Wars . Due to the film Rogue One being produced at the same time, the film and the series acknowledged each other. The series also included an in-canon version of Grand Admiral Thrawn from the Legends Thrawn trilogy . The animated series Star Wars Resistance debuted in late 2018, shifting
7636-643: The Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases . In November 2017, Netflix announced that it would be making its first original Colombian series, to be executive produced by Ciro Guerra . In December 2017, Netflix signed Stranger Things director-producer Shawn Levy and his production company 21 Laps Entertainment to what sources say is a four-year deal. In 2017, Netflix invested in distributing exclusive stand-up comedy specials from Dave Chappelle , Louis C.K. , Chris Rock , Jim Gaffigan , Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld . In February 2018, Netflix acquired
7802-436: The High Republic era, premiered in May 2023. The first live-action series in the franchise, The Mandalorian , premiered on Disney+ in November 2019 and spawned two spin-offs set in the same timeframe, The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka , as well as another set around the same era, Skeleton Crew . Additional live-action series include Obi-Wan Kenobi , Andor , and The Acolyte . Nine television series make up
7968-472: The Netflix Prize , $ 1,000,000 to the first developer of a video-recommendation algorithm that could beat its existing algorithm Cinematch, at predicting customer ratings by more than 10%. On September 21, 2009, it awarded the $ 1,000,000 prize to team "BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos". Cinematch, launched in 2000, was a system that recommended movies to its users, many of which might have been entirely new to
8134-463: The New Republic era, serving as the climax of the various live-action television series that began with The Mandalorian in 2019. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will direct a third film about a new Jedi Order, set fifteen years after the sequel trilogy. In January 2024, it was announced that Jon Favreau would direct a new Star Wars film, titled The Mandalorian & Grogu . In February of
8300-466: The Republic , the return of Luke as a Jedi Master (a role similar to that of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy), Luke's sister (not yet determined to be Leia), Han, Leia, R2-D2 and C-3PO . However, after beginning work on the prequel trilogy, Lucas insisted that Star Wars was meant to be a six-part series and that there would be no sequel trilogy. Lucas decided to leave the franchise in
8466-476: The Sith . Although no longer canon, the story is paralleled in The Force Awakens with Han and Leia's son Ben Solo , who becomes the evil Kylo Ren. Three series set in the prequel era were published by Scholastic for younger audiences: the 18-book Jedi Apprentice (1999–2002) chronicles the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and his master Qui-Gon Jinn in the years before The Phantom Menace ;
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#17327721794648632-480: The Star Destroyers , as well as space stations such as the moon-sized Death Stars . Telecommunication includes two-way audio and audiovisual screens, holographic projections, and hyperspace transmission. The universe of Star Wars is generally similar to the real universe but its laws of physics are less strict allowing for more imaginative stories. One result of that is a mystical power known as
8798-616: The Star Wars Kids website and YouTube channel on June 10, 2020. The series features young contestants competing as Jedi Padawans in a series of obstacle courses and knowledge tests in the attempt to gain the rank of Jedi Knight . The show is hosted by Ahmed Best , who plays the character of Kelleran Beq, the Jedi Master mentor of the contestants who is joined by his droid companions, AD-3 (voiced by Mary Holland and performed by Gordon Tarpley) and LX-R5. Sam Witwer provides
8964-503: The Star Wars animated franchise: Droids , Ewoks , The Clone Wars , Rebels , Resistance , The Bad Batch , Visions , Tales , and Young Jedi Adventures . All series in total amount to 389 episodes across 24 seasons of television. Nelvana , the animation studio that produced the animated segment of the Holiday Special , was hired to create two animated series which aired together on ABC: Droids (1985–86) follows
9130-416: The Star Wars live-action franchise: The Mandalorian , The Book of Boba Fett , Obi-Wan Kenobi , Andor , Ahsoka , and The Acolyte . All series in total amount to 60 episodes across eight seasons of television. In March 2018, Jon Favreau was hired to write and produce a live-action Star Wars series for Disney+. The series follows "a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from
9296-565: The Thrawn trilogy, Leia considers an advantageous political marriage to Prince Isolder of the planet Hapes, but she and Han ultimately marry. Steve Perry 's Shadows of the Empire (1996), set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi , was part of a multimedia campaign that included a comic book series and video game. The novel introduced the crime lord Prince Xizor , another popular character who would appear in multiple other works. Other notable series from Bantam include
9462-563: The University of Southern California , licensed the Star Wars radio rights to KUSC-FM for US$ 1 . The production used John Williams's original film score, along with Ben Burtt 's sound effects. The first was written by science-fiction author Brian Daley and directed by John Madden . It was broadcast on National Public Radio in 1981, adapting the original 1977 film into 13 episodes. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprised their film roles. The overwhelming success, led to
9628-514: The domain name DVD.com. By 2016, Netflix rebranded its DVD-by-mail service under the name DVD.com, A Netflix Company . In April 2012, Netflix filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to form a political action committee (PAC) called FLIXPAC. Netflix spokesperson Joris Evers tweeted that the intent was to "engage on issues like net neutrality , bandwidth caps , UBB and VPPA ". In June 2012, Netflix signed
9794-434: The original trilogy , and Resistance , which ties into the sequel trilogy . An additional spin-off series from The Clone Wars , titled The Bad Batch , debuted on Disney+ in 2021. Two animated anthology series have been produced: Visions in 2021 and Star Wars: Tales , with Tales of the Jedi in 2022 and Tales of the Empire in 2024. The first young audience animated series, Young Jedi Adventures , set during
9960-567: The remote controls of devices compatible with the service, such as Blu-ray players . By May 2011, Netflix had become the largest source of Internet streaming traffic in North America, accounting for 30% of traffic during peak hours. On July 12, 2011, Netflix announced that it would separate its existing subscription plans into two separate plans: one covering the streaming and the other DVD rental services. The cost for streaming would be $ 7.99 per month, while DVD rental would start at
10126-465: The "Profiles" feature that permits accounts to accommodate up to five user profiles. In November 2013, Marvel Television and ABC Studios announced Netflix had ordered a slate of four television series based on the Marvel Comics characters Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Iron Fist and Luke Cage . Each of the four series received an initial order of 13 episodes, and Netflix also ordered
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#173277217946410292-440: The "Skip Intro" feature which allows customers to skip the intros to shows on its platform through a variety of techniques including manual reviewing, audio tagging, and machine learning . In November 2017, Netflix signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan . In November 2017, Netflix withdrew from co-hosting a party at the 75th Golden Globe Awards with The Weinstein Company due to
10458-403: The "Star Wars Kids" YouTube channel and website in late 2018. Using stylized animation, the series of shorts reimagines key scenes from the saga, initially leading up to the release of The Rise of Skywalker . The shorts feature audio from the original films (with narration by Dante Basco ) and are animated by Titmouse, Inc. The score is composed by Ryan Shore . Star Wars Roll Out debuted on
10624-487: The "dynamic queue" of DVDs available for each customer, Netflix's method of using the ranked preferences in the queue to send DVDs to subscribers, and Netflix's method permitting the queue to be updated and reordered. The second cause of action alleged infringement of the subscription rental service as well as Netflix's methods of communication and delivery. The companies settled their dispute on June 25, 2007; terms were not disclosed. On October 1, 2006, Netflix announced
10790-459: The '80s". At Star Wars Celebration it was revealed that the series was titled Skeleton Crew and that it would star Jude Law . Filming had been happening for a "few weeks" by early September 2022. It is set to premiere on December 3, 2024. Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge is a web-based children's game show developed by Lucasfilm. First announced in December 2019, the series debuted on
10956-418: The 11-book Jedi Quest (2001–2004) follows Obi-Wan and his own apprentice, Anakin Skywalker in between The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones ; and the 10-book The Last of the Jedi (2005–2008), set almost immediately after Revenge of the Sith , features Obi-Wan and the last few surviving Jedi. In 2019, a new prequel era novel, starring Qui-Gon and the young Obi-Wan, was published by Del Rey under
11122-480: The Clones (2002), and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). In 2012, Lucas sold his production company to Disney , relinquishing his ownership of the franchise. This led to a sequel trilogy , consisting of Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017), and Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). All nine films, collectively referred to as the " Skywalker Saga ", were nominated for Academy Awards , with wins going to
11288-655: The DVD rental market, Blockbuster's debt load and internal disagreements hurt the company. On April 4, 2006, Netflix filed a patent infringement lawsuit in which it demanded a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California , alleging that Blockbuster 's online DVD rental subscription program violated two patents held by Netflix. The first cause of action alleged Blockbuster's infringement of copying
11454-575: The DVDs became available for sale, in an attempt to help studios sell physical copies, and similar deals involving Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox were reached on April 9. In July 2010, Netflix signed a deal to stream movies of Relativity Media . In August 2010, Netflix reached a five-year deal worth nearly $ 1 billion to stream films from Paramount , Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . The deal increased Netflix's annual spending fees, adding roughly $ 200 million per year. It spent $ 117 million in
11620-570: The Disney acquisition, with 39 episodes completed and 62 additional scripts finished. In December 2020, Rangers of the New Republic was announced. Developed by Favreau and Filoni, it was planned to tie into The Mandalorian , The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka . Variety reported in May 2021 that the series was not in active development. In an interview with Empire published in November 2021, Kathleen Kennedy said development had not reached
11786-535: The EU material until April 25, 2014, when the company announced all of the EU works would cease production. Existing works would no longer be considered canon to the franchise and subsequent reprints would be rebranded under the Star Wars Legends label, with downloadable content for the massively multiplayer online game The Old Republic the only Legends material to still be produced. The Star Wars canon
11952-408: The Force which is described in the original film as "an energy field created by all living things ... [that] binds the galaxy together". The field is depicted as a kind of pantheistic god. Through training and meditation, those whom "the Force is strong with" exhibit various superpowers (such as telekinesis , precognition , telepathy , and manipulation of physical energy); it is believed nothing
12118-494: The Internet. However, at that time it only had 1,000 films available for streaming, compared to 70,000 available on DVD. The company had for some time considered offering movies online, but it was only in the mid-2000s that data speeds and bandwidth costs had improved sufficiently to allow customers to download movies from the internet. The original idea was a "Netflix box" that could download movies overnight, and be ready to watch
12284-492: The Marvel magazine Pizzazz between 1977 and 1979. The 1977 installments were the first original Star Wars stories not directly adapted from the films to appear in print form, as they preceded those of the Star Wars comic series. From 1985 to 1987, the animated children's series Ewoks and Droids inspired comic series from Marvel's Star Comics line. According to Marvel Comics former Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter ,
12450-470: The Netflix production logo at the screening. Netflix's attempts to negotiate to allow a limited release in France were curtailed by organizers, as well as French cultural exception law—where theatrically screened films are legally forbidden from being made available via video-on-demand services until at least 36 months after their release. Besides traditional Hollywood markets as well as from partners like
12616-515: The Netflix mobile apps on Android or iOS to cache content on their devices in standard or high quality for viewing offline, without an Internet connection. In 2016, Netflix released an estimated 126 original series or films, more than any network or cable channel. In April 2016, Hastings stated that the company planned to expand its in-house, Los Angeles-based Netflix Studios to grow its output; Hastings ruled out any potential acquisitions of existing studios. In February 2017, Netflix signed
12782-546: The New Black had been its most-watched original series so far, with all of them having "an audience comparable with successful shows on cable and broadcast TV." On March 13, 2013, Netflix added a Facebook sharing feature, letting United States subscribers access "Watched by your friends" and "Friends' Favorites" by agreeing. This was not legal until the Video Privacy Protection Act was modified in early 2013. On August 1, 2013, Netflix reintroduced
12948-477: The Obamas' newly formed production company, Higher Ground Productions . In June 2018, Netflix announced a partnership with Telltale Games to port its adventure games to the service in a streaming video format, allowing simple controls through a television remote. The first game, Minecraft: Story Mode , was released in November 2018. In July 2018, Netflix earned the most Emmy nominations of any network for
13114-611: The Star Wars Kids YouTube channel and website in August 2019. The shorts depict the main characters from the franchise as ball-shaped, similar to BB-8, and utilize a kid-friendly cutout animation style. io9 calls the design of the series "adorable". Star Wars Galaxy of Creatures debuted on the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel and website in October 2021. The shorts depict the droid SF-R3 ("Aree") as he journeys across
13280-620: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . The agreement with Disney ended in 2019 due to the launch of Disney+ , with its Marvel productions moving exclusively to the service in 2022. In November 2019, Netflix announced that it had signed a long-term lease to save the Paris Theatre, the last single-screen movie theater in Manhattan . The company oversaw several renovations at the theater, including new seats and
13446-608: The UK subscribers in 2021 was £1.4bn. In April 2018, Netflix pulled out of the Cannes Film Festival , in response to new rules requiring competition films to have been released in French theaters. The Cannes premiere of Okja in 2017 was controversial, and led to discussions over the appropriateness of films with simultaneous digital releases being screened at an event showcasing theatrical film; audience members also booed
13612-469: The United Kingdom, France, South Africa, South Korea, India, Ireland, and Spain, as well as Lucasfilm, was released on May 4, 2023. A third season of Visions was announced during Disney's Content Showcase event in November 2024, which is set to release in 2025. In April 2022, an animated anthology series titled Tales of the Jedi was revealed to be in development, with Filoni involved. The series
13778-436: The United States. In October 2014, Netflix announced a four-film deal with Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison Productions . In April 2015, following the launch of Daredevil , Netflix director of content operations Tracy Wright announced that Netflix had added support for audio description , and had begun to work with its partners to add descriptions to its other original series over time. The following year, as part of
13944-893: The World and worldwide distribution of Universal's Extinction , Warner Bros.' Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle , Paramount's The Lovebirds and 20th Century Studios' The Woman in the Window . In March, the service ordered Formula 1: Drive to Survive , a racing docuseries following teams in the Formula One world championship. In March 2018, Sky UK announced an agreement with Netflix to integrate Netflix's subscription VOD offering into its pay-TV service. Customers with its high-end Sky Q set-top box and service will be able to see Netflix titles alongside their regular Sky channels. In October 2022, Netflix revealed that its annual revenue from
14110-529: The Youngling Care Space Station. "Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies" is a hand-drawn animated short by Studio Ghibli that featured Grogu and the " dust bunnies " from My Neighbor Totoro . It was released on Disney+ on November 12, 2022. Fun with Nubs is a series of shorts that ties in with Young Jedi Adventures . All of the released and announced live-action series are being released on Disney+ . Six television series make up
14276-486: The actress. Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas , which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media , including television series , video games , novels , comic books , theme park attractions , and themed areas , comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe . Star Wars
14442-639: The adventures of C-3PO and R2-D2 , and its sister series Ewoks (1985–86) features Wicket and other members of the titular species from Return of the Jedi , both set before the events of the original trilogy . One reviewer calls Droids "rudimentary" and Ewoks "unremarkable", but writes that both "marked the first major effort to expand the Star Wars 'brand' beyond its original live-action film existence." George Lucas created his own animation company, Lucasfilm Animation , and used it to produce his first in-house Star Wars animated series, using Cartoon Network 's 2003 Clone Wars micro-series as
14608-415: The agreement. In December 2018, the company announced a partnership with ESPN Films on a television documentary chronicling Michael Jordan and the 1997–98 Chicago Bulls season titled The Last Dance . It was released internationally on Netflix and became available for streaming in the United States three months after a broadcast airing on ESPN . In January 2019, Sex Education made its debut as
14774-493: The animation style towards anime -inspired cel-shading visuals, and focuses on young Resistance pilot Kazuda Xiono before and during The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi , leading up to The Rise of Skywalker . Sequel trilogy characters such as Captain Phasma , General Hux , and Kylo Ren appear. The second and final season premiered on October 6, 2019. Set after the events of The Clone Wars , The Bad Batch follows
14940-609: The announcement. Since the new canon has been introduced, there has been a multitude of pieces of Expanded Universe continuity that have become a part of canon. Star Wars in print predates the release of the first film, with the November 1976 novelization of Star Wars , initially subtitled " From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker ". Credited to Lucas, it was ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster . The first "Expanded Universe" story appeared in Marvel Comics ' Star Wars #7 in January 1978 (the first six issues being an adaptation of
15106-438: The authority of the New Republic " a few years after the events of Return of the Jedi . In August 2018, it was reported that the series would cost about "$ 100 million for 10 episodes". Pedro Pascal stars as the titular character, and is joined by supporting actors Gina Carano , Nick Nolte , Giancarlo Esposito , Emily Swallow , Carl Weathers , Omid Abtahi , and Werner Herzog . The series premiered on November 12, 2019, with
15272-512: The cast in undisclosed roles, along with Genevieve O'Reilly reprising her role of Mon Mothma . In September 2020, it was announced that Gilroy would step down from his directing duties in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and would be replaced by Toby Haynes , who was set to direct the first three episodes. Filming began in late November 2020 in London. Andor premiered on September 21, 2022, and
15438-519: The company to Blockbuster for $ 50 million. John Antioco , CEO of Blockbuster, thought the offer was a joke and declined, saying, "The dot-com hysteria is completely overblown." While Netflix experienced fast growth in early 2001, the continued effects of the dot-com bubble collapse and the September 11 attacks caused the company to hold off plans for its initial public offering (IPO) and to lay off one-third of its 120 employees. DVD players were
15604-416: The earlier animated series falling under Disney's "Vintage" collection of Star Wars content. The Star Wars franchise includes several live-action series. The first series, The Mandalorian , was released in 2019 for the streaming service Disney+ and is set between the original and sequel trilogies of the Skywalker Saga. Due to its success, the series spawned multiple live-action spin-offs set during
15770-399: The episodic films, The Clone Wars film , and television series . From 1976 to 2014, the term Expanded Universe (EU) was an umbrella term for all officially licensed Star Wars storytelling material set outside the events depicted within the theatrical films, including novels, comics, and video games. Lucasfilm maintained internal continuity between the films and television content and
15936-474: The events of Rogue One during the formative years of the Rebellion . In November 2018, a prequel series to the 2016 film Rogue One centered on Andor was confirmed to be in development, described as a "rousing spy thriller" with Diego Luna reprising his role for the series. Stephen Schiff was hired to serve as showrunner and executive producer of the series, which was developed by Jared Bush , who wrote
16102-495: The evil Sith lord Palpatine (Darth Sidious). The original trilogy depicts the heroic development of Luke Skywalker as a Jedi and his fight against Palpatine's Galactic Empire alongside his sister, Leia . The prequels tell the tragic backstory of their father, Anakin , who is corrupted by Palpatine and becomes Darth Vader . The sequels follow the conflict between Leia's son, Ben Solo , and Luke and Leia's protegé, Rey , and their eventual alliance against Palpatine after
16268-463: The fall of the Empire. In 1971, George Lucas wanted to film an adaptation of the Flash Gordon serial , but could not obtain the rights, so he began developing his own space opera . After directing American Graffiti (1973), he wrote a two-page synopsis, which 20th Century Fox decided to invest in. By 1974, he had expanded the story into the first draft of a screenplay. Fox expected
16434-479: The film would be of limited financial success, and so it was given a relatively low budget, with production being moved to Elstree Studios in England to help save on cost. Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977, and first subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in the 1979 book The Art of Star Wars . The film's success led Lucas to make it the basis of an elaborate film serial . With the backstory he created for
16600-650: The film), followed by Foster's sequel novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye the following month. After penning the novelization of the original film, Foster followed it with the sequel Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978). The novelizations of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Donald F. Glut and Return of the Jedi (1983) by James Kahn followed, as well as The Han Solo Adventures trilogy (1979–1980) by Brian Daley , and The Adventures of Lando Calrissian trilogy (1983) by L. Neil Smith . Timothy Zahn 's bestselling Thrawn trilogy (1991–1993) reignited interest in
16766-424: The first DVD rental and sales website with 30 employees and 925 titles available—nearly all DVDs published. Randolph and Hastings met with Jeff Bezos , where Amazon offered to acquire Netflix for between $ 14 and $ 16 million. Fearing competition from Amazon, Randolph at first thought the offer was fair, but Hastings, who owned 70% of the company, turned it down on the plane ride home. Initially, Netflix offered
16932-1209: The first season consisted of 12 episodes. A second and final season is in development, and is expected to premiere on April 22, 2025. In December 2020, Ahsoka was announced. Developed by Favreau and Filoni, with Filoni serving as its writer and showrunner, it exists alongside The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett through a crossover event . Rosario Dawson headlines the limited series, reprising her role as Ahsoka Tano. Natasha Liu Bordizzo , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , and Eman Esfandi have been cast as Sabine Wren , Hera Syndulla , and Ezra Bridger , characters first introduced in Rebels . Hayden Christensen, Genevieve O'Reilly, Lars Mikkelsen , Diana Lee Inosanto , and David Tennant reprise their roles as Anakin Skywalker, Mon Mothma, Grand Admiral Thrawn , Morgan Elsbeth , and Huyang from previous media. Ray Stevenson and Ivanna Sakhno have been cast as new characters Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. Filming began in May 2022. Ahsoka premiered on August 22, 2023. The first season consisted of eight episodes releasing until October 3, 2023. In January 2024, it
17098-444: The first six months of 2010 on streaming, up from $ 31 million in 2009. On September 22, 2010, Netflix launched in Canada, its first international market. In November 2010, Netflix began offering a standalone streaming service separate from DVD rentals. In 2010, Netflix acquired the rights to Breaking Bad , produced by Sony Pictures Television, after the show's third season, at a point where original broadcaster AMC had expressed
17264-589: The first time with 112 nods. On August 27, 2018, the company signed a five-year exclusive overall deal with international best–selling author Harlan Coben . On the same day, the company signed an overall deal with Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch . In October 2018, Netflix paid under $ 30 million to acquire Albuquerque Studios (ABQ Studios), a $ 91 million film and TV production facility with eight sound stages in Albuquerque , New Mexico , for its first U.S. production hub, pledging to spend over $ 1 billion over
17430-609: The first two releases. Together with the theatrical live action "anthology" films Rogue One (2016) and Solo (2018), the combined box office revenue of the films equate to over US$ 10 billion, making Star Wars the third-highest-grossing film franchise of all time. The Star Wars franchise depicts the adventures of characters "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" across multiple fictional eras , in which humans and many species of aliens (often humanoid ) co-exist with droids , which may be programmed for personal assistance or battle. Space travel between planets
17596-532: The franchise and introduced the popular characters Grand Admiral Thrawn , Mara Jade , Talon Karrde , and Gilad Pellaeon . The first novel, Heir to the Empire , reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list , and the series finds Luke, Leia, and Han facing off against tactical genius Thrawn, who is plotting to retake the galaxy for the Empire. In The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994) by Dave Wolverton , set immediately before
17762-404: The franchise as "the tragedy of Darth Vader". Prior to releasing the original 1977 film, and made possible by its success, Lucas planned "three trilogies of nine films". However, he announced to Time in 1978 that he planned "10 sequels". He confirmed that he had outlined the prequels and sequels in 1981. At various stages of development, the sequel trilogy was to focus on the rebuilding of
17928-607: The galaxy learning about various wildlife. Star Wars Galactic Pals is an animated micro-series that premiered on April 12, 2022, on StarWarsKids.com and YouTube. A spinoff of the adventures of the droid SF-R3 ("Aree") in Star Wars Galaxy of Creatures, Galactic Pals joins M1-RE ("Miree"), another member of the Galactic Society of Creature Enthusiasts, as she looks after and studies ornery Ortolans, fussy Hutts, scavenging Jawas, and more creatures and aliens aboard
18094-640: The gap between the High Republic publishing initiative and the events of The Acolyte . Titled Star Wars: The Acolyte – Kelnacca , the one-shot was written by High Republic writer Cavan Scott with art by Marika Cresta. It focuses on Kelnacca, the Wookiee Jedi introduced in The Acolyte . John Williams composed the soundtracks for the nine episodic films. He stated he would retire from the franchise with The Rise of Skywalker , but he composed
18260-483: The hands of other filmmakers, announcing in January 2012 that he would make no more Star Wars films. That October, the Walt Disney Company agreed to buy Lucasfilm and announced that Episode VII would be released in 2015. The co-chairman of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy , became president and served as executive producer of new Star Wars feature films. Lucas provided Kennedy his story treatments for
18426-418: The late 1980s and early 1990s, including the ability to create computer-generated imagery (CGI), inspired Lucas to consider that it might be possible to revisit his saga. In 1989, Lucas stated that the prequels would be "unbelievably expensive". In 1992, he acknowledged that he had plans to create the prequel trilogy. A theatrical rerelease of the original trilogy in 1997 " updated " the 20-year-old films with
18592-411: The launch of Disney+. The second season premiered on October 30, 2020, while the third season premiered on March 1, 2023. The fourth season is in development. In November 2020, Deadline Hollywood reported that a miniseries focused on Boba Fett could begin filming before the end of the year, before a third season of The Mandalorian went into production. The series, known as The Book of Boba Fett ,
18758-405: The live-action films in supporting roles. The series marked the beginning of Dave Filoni 's involvement in Star Wars animation projects. After Disney's acquisition of the Star Wars franchise, The Clone Wars was cancelled in 2014 before its intended final episodes were completed. The remaining unaired episodes were released on Netflix as "The Lost Missions". The chronological storyline order
18924-607: The main episodes of the Skywalker Saga entered development in parallel with the production of the sequel trilogy, described by Disney chief financial officer Jay Rasulo as origin stories . The first film released was 2016's Rogue One , which tells the story of the rebels who steal the plans for the Death Star , the Galactic Empire 's superweapon, just before the events of the original Star Wars film. A second film, 2018's Solo , tells Han Solo's backstory, set 10 years prior to A New Hope . The series Obi-Wan Kenobi
19090-414: The material that he developed is something we very much would like to explore. ... So our attitude is, we don't want to throw any of that stuff away. It's gold. And it's something we're spending a lot of time looking at, pouring [sic] through, discussing, and we may very well develop those things further. We definitely want to. The plot of the anthology film Rogue One was originally pitched as an episode of
19256-490: The movie material, while others rely heavily on the non-canonical Expanded Universe (rebranded as Star Wars Legends and removed from the canon in 2014). Star Wars games have gone through three significant development eras, marked by a change in leadership among the developers: the early licensed games, those developed after the creation of LucasArts, and those created after the closure of the Lucasfilm division by Disney and
19422-529: The movie. It won the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program in 2004 and 2005. Star Wars Blips is an animated micro-series created to promote The Last Jedi . It features droids such as BB-8 and R2-D2, in addition to porgs . The animated micro-series Star Wars Forces of Destiny debuted in 2017; it focuses on the female characters of the franchise and is set in various eras. Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures debuted on
19588-468: The name Netflix and that its streaming and DVD-rental plans would remain branded together, citing customer dissatisfaction with the split. In October 2011. Netflix and The CW signed a multi-year output deal for its television shows. On January 9, 2012, Netflix started its expansion to Europe, launching in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In February 2012, Netflix reached a multi-year agreement with The Weinstein Company . In March 2012, Netflix acquired
19754-534: The next day. By 2005, Netflix had acquired movie rights and designed the box and service. But after witnessing how popular streaming services such as YouTube were despite the lack of high-definition content, the concept of using a hardware device was scrapped and replaced with a streaming concept. In February 2007, Netflix delivered its billionth DVD, a copy of Babel to a customer in Texas. In April 2007, Netflix recruited ReplayTV founder Anthony Wood , to build
19920-502: The next decade to create one of the largest film studios in North America. In November 2018, Paramount Pictures signed a multi-picture film deal with Netflix, making Paramount the first major film studio to sign a deal with Netflix. A sequel to AwesomenessTV 's To All the Boys I've Loved Before was released on Netflix under the title To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You as part of
20086-506: The nine films of which are collectively referred to as the " Skywalker Saga ". The saga was produced non-chronologically, beginning in media res with the release of the original trilogy between 1977 and 1983. This was followed by the prequel trilogy, released between 1999 and 2005, and the sequel trilogy, released between 2015 and 2019. Each trilogy focuses on a generation of the Force -sensitive Skywalker family and their struggle against
20252-451: The nine-film series plotted, but due to the stress of producing the original trilogy, he had decided to cancel further sequels by 1981. In 1983, Lucas explained that "There was never a script completed that had the entire story as it exists now ... As the stories unfolded, I would take certain ideas and save them ... I kept taking out all the good parts, and I just kept telling myself I would make other movies someday." Technical advances in
20418-473: The original film and a new narration to retell the story, released in 1977. Most later printed novels were adapted into audio novels, usually released on cassette tape and re-released on CD. As of 2019, audio-only novels have been released not directly based on printed media. Radio adaptations of the films were also produced. Lucas, a fan of the NPR-affiliated campus radio station of his alma mater
20584-497: The outer reaches of the galaxy, crime syndicates such as the Hutt cartel are dominant. Bounty hunters are often employed by both gangsters and governments, while illicit activities include smuggling and slavery . The combination of science fiction and fantasy elements makes Star Wars a very universal franchise, capable of telling stories of various genres. The Star Wars film series centers around three sets of trilogies,
20750-460: The past Nickelodeon series Invader Zim and Rocko's Modern Life ( Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus and Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling respectively) were released by Netflix. Other new projects planned under the team-up include a music project featuring Squidward Tentacles from the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants , and films based on The Loud House and Rise of
20916-660: The platform. On August 7, 2017, Netflix acquired Millarworld , the creator-owned publishing company of comic book writer Mark Millar . The purchase marked the first corporate acquisition to have been made by Netflix. On August 14, 2017, Netflix entered into an exclusive development deal with Shonda Rhimes and her production company Shondaland . In September 2017, Netflix announced it would offer its low-broadband mobile technology to airlines to provide better in-flight Wi-Fi so that passengers can watch movies on Netflix while on planes. In September 2017, Minister of Heritage Mélanie Joly announced that Netflix had agreed to make
21082-494: The possibility of cancelling the show. Sony pushed Netflix to release Breaking Bad in time for the fourth season, which as a result, greatly expanded the show's audience on AMC due to new viewers bingeing on the Netflix past episodes, and doubling the viewership by the time of the fifth season. Breaking Bad is considered the first such show to have this "Netflix effect". In January 2011, Netflix announced agreements with several manufacturers to include branded Netflix buttons on
21248-399: The project as "one show that will split into four shows, focusing on different characters." It entered development in early 2009. The series was described as "gritty and dark" and was expected to feature characters such as Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, Boba Fett, C-3PO, and Emperor Palpatine . Lucas described the series as "more talky. It's more of what I would call a soap opera with
21414-481: The project was reportedly canceled because of possible conflicts with the TV series. In early 2020, Stargate Studios shared test footage made to promote the series to networks, as well as a Google Doc listing production details for the series. Star Wars Detours is an unaired animated parody series from the creators of Robot Chicken , which was postponed in 2013 and ultimately unaired. Production began in 2012 prior to
21580-409: The release of Attack of the Clones , developed and drawn by Genndy Tartakovsky . Cartoon Network produced and aired the micro-series Clone Wars from 2003 to weeks before the 2005 release of Revenge of the Sith , as the series featured events set between those films. The plot in the series was intended as prequel to the then-upcoming Revenge of the Sith and directly leads to the starting point of
21746-539: The rights to The Cloverfield Paradox from Paramount Pictures for $ 50 million and launched on its service on February 4, 2018, shortly after airing its first trailer during Super Bowl LII . Analysts believed that Netflix's purchase of the film helped to make the film instantly profitable for Paramount compared to a more traditional theatrical release, while Netflix benefited from the surprise reveal. Other films acquired by Netflix include international distribution for Paramount's Annihilation and Universal's News of
21912-431: The same fictional era, including The Book of Boba Fett , released in 2021; Ahsoka , released in 2023; and the upcoming Skeleton Crew . These series follow the plight of the New Republic and its allies against the remnants of the fallen Galactic Empire . A story focused on Obi-Wan Kenobi was planned as a film before becoming a live-action series after the box office failure of Solo in 2018. The series
22078-536: The same price. On September 11, 2011, Netflix expanded to countries in Latin America. On September 18, 2011, Netflix announced its intentions to rebrand and restructure its DVD home media rental service as an independent subsidiary called Qwikster, separating DVD rental and streaming services. On September 26, 2011, Netflix announced a content deal with DreamWorks Animation . On October 10, 2011, Netflix announced that it would retain its DVD service under
22244-502: The same year, Bob Iger announced that the film would be the first release of the next slate of Star Wars movies. The Mandalorian & Grogu is scheduled for release on May 22, 2026. Lucasfilm has a number of Star Wars films in various stages of development, including: The first two animated series, Droids and Ewoks , were produced in the 1980s. They were followed by the Clone Wars animated micro-series in 2003 and
22410-460: The sequel, Lucas decided that the series would be a trilogy of trilogies. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980, also achieving wide financial and critical success. The final film in the trilogy, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi , was released on May 25, 1983. According to producer Gary Kurtz, loose plans for a prequel trilogy were developed during the outlining of the original two films. In 1980, Lucas confirmed that he had
22576-746: The sequels during the 2012 sale, but in 2015 it was revealed Lucas's sequel outline had been discarded. The sequel trilogy also meant the end of the Star Wars Expanded Universe stories, which were discarded from canon to give "maximum creative freedom to the filmmakers and also preserve an element of surprise and discovery for the audience." Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released on December 16, 2015, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi on December 13, 2017, and Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker on December 18, 2019, in many countries. The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi were both critical and box office successes. Episode IX received
22742-657: The series premiered on the Disney Junior YouTube channel on March 27, 2023, with an additional three releasing at a later point, before all six will be released on Disney+ on April 26. The series was released on May 4, 2023, on Disney+ and on Disney Junior. Seven television series make up the Star Wars animated micro-series franchise: Clone Wars , Blips , Forces of Destiny , Galaxy of Adventures , Roll Out , Galaxy of Creatures , and Galactic Pals . All series in total amount to 171 episodes across 12 seasons of television, including one special. After
22908-467: The series was set 25 to 30 years after the original films and introduced the Yuuzhan Vong, a powerful alien race attempting to invade and conquer the entire galaxy. The bestselling multi-author series Legacy of the Force (2006–2008) chronicles the crossover of Han and Leia's son Jacen Solo to the dark side of the Force; among his evil deeds, he kills Luke's wife Mara Jade as a sacrifice to join
23074-440: The series would be a "mystery thriller" set about 100 years before The Phantom Menace , that writing was almost complete, and that the series was casting; In 2022, Amandla Stenberg , Lee Jung-jae , and Manny Jacinto were confirmed to be playing major roles. The eight-episode series premiered on Disney+ on June 4, 2024. In February 2022, Production Weekly revealed the existence of an upcoming, untitled Star Wars series that
23240-554: The series. The story of Han winning the Millennium Falcon from Lando was planned to be featured and later developed as Solo: A Star Wars Story . The planet Daiyu portrayed in Obi-Wan Kenobi is similar to the atmosphere of level 1313 of Coruscant which George Lucas wanted to show. Boba Fett was also reported to appear in the show; Star Wars author, Karen Traviss , was to write a novel involving Boba Fett, but
23406-443: The strong sales of Star Wars comics saved Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978. Marvel's Star Wars series was one of the industry's top selling titles in 1979 and 1980. The only downside for Marvel was that the 100,000 copy sales quota was surpassed quickly, allowing Lippincott to renegotiate the royalty arrangements from a position of strength. In the late 1980s, Marvel dropped a new Star Wars comic it had in development, which
23572-417: The style of CGI envisioned for the new trilogy. Episode I: The Phantom Menace was released on May 19, 1999, Episode II: Attack of the Clones on May 16, 2002, and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on May 19, 2005. The first two films were met with mixed reviews, with the third being received somewhat more positively. Together with the original trilogy, Lucas has referred to the first six episodic films of
23738-729: The then biggest acquisition in Silicon Valley history. Randolph had worked as a marketing director for Pure Software after Pure Atria acquired a company where Randolph worked. He was previously a co-founder of MicroWarehouse , a computer mail-order company, as well as vice president of marketing for Borland . Hastings and Randolph came up with the idea for Netflix while carpooling between their homes in Santa Cruz, California , and Pure Atria's headquarters in Sunnyvale. Patty McCord , later head of human resources at Netflix,
23904-457: The three-part Dark Empire saga, Tales of the Jedi , Dark Lords of the Sith , the Dark Forces trilogy, and Crimson Empire (1998). Return of the Jedi was adapted into 6-episodes in 1996, featuring Daniels. The Star Wars franchise has spawned over one hundred computer, video, and board games, dating back to some of the earliest home consoles . Some are based directly on
24070-438: The title Star Wars: Master and Apprentice . Although Thrawn had been designated a Legends character in 2014, he was reintroduced into the canon in 2016 for the third season of the Rebels animated series, with Zahn returning to write more novels based on the character and set in the new canon. Marvel Comics published a Star Wars comic book series from 1977 to 1986. Original Star Wars comics were serialized in
24236-576: The titular character. It will take place ten years after Revenge of the Sith , thus exploring the time during Kenobi's exile prior to the events of A New Hope . In September 2019, Deborah Chow and Hossein Amini were announced as the series' director and writer, respectively, who will also serve as executive producers alongside McGregor. In April 2020, it was announced that Joby Harold would officially be taking over writing duties from Amini. In August 2020, Kathleen Kennedy told TheWrap that it would be
24402-720: The titular squad making their way through the galaxy as mercenaries in the early days of the Empire. The series was announced in July 2020, and premiered on Disney+ on May 4, 2021. Dave Filoni, Athena Portillo, Brad Rau, and Jennifer Corbett serve as executive producers, with Carrie Beck as co-executive producer and Josh Rimes as producer. Rau also serves as supervising director with Corbett the head writer. The second season debuted on January 4, 2023, and consists of 16 episodes, concluding on March 29, 2023. The third and final premiered on February 21, 2024, consisting of 15 episodes and concluded on May 1, 2024. Announced on December 10, 2020, Visions
24568-449: The transfer of the license to Electronic Arts . Netflix Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix
24734-451: The user. Through its division Red Envelope Entertainment , Netflix licensed and distributed independent films such as Born into Brothels and Sherrybaby . In late 2006, Red Envelope Entertainment also expanded into producing original content with filmmakers such as John Waters . Netflix closed Red Envelope Entertainment in 2008. In January 2007, the company launched a streaming media service, introducing video on demand via
24900-477: The voice of an unknown character of the dark side of the Force during the final challenge of each episode. A making-of documentary series about The Mandalorian debuted on Disney+ with an eight-episode season on May 4, 2020. A second season was split into two longer episodes. Vehicle Flythroughs is a Disney+ series of tours through vehicles, with one episode for the Millennium Falcon and one for
25066-494: Was also in the carpool group. Randolph admired Amazon and wanted to find a large category of portable items to sell over the Internet using a similar model. Hastings and Randolph considered and rejected selling and renting VHS as too expensive to stock and too delicate to ship. When they heard about DVDs, first introduced in the United States in early 1997, they tested the concept of selling or renting DVDs by mail, by mailing
25232-534: Was announced in January 2014 that in 2015 the Star Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics, whose parent company, Marvel Entertainment , Disney had purchased in 2009. Launched in 2015, the first three publications were titled Star Wars , Darth Vader , and the miniseries Princess Leia . First announced as Project Luminous at Star Wars Celebration in April 2019, the Star Wars: The High Republic publishing initiative
25398-452: Was announced that a second season was in development with Filoni. In April 2020, Variety reported that a female-centric live-action Star Wars series is in development for Disney+ with Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland serving as a writer and showrunner. In early November, Headland expounded that the series would be set "in a pocket of the universe and a pocket of the timeline that we don't know much about," elaborating that she
25564-400: Was in development, with Ewan McGregor in talks to reprise his role from the prequel trilogy. The series was initially thought to have been developing as a standalone film, which was ultimately scrapped due to the performance of Solo at the box office. During the 2019 D23 Expo , Lucasfilm officially announced that the series was in development, with McGregor confirmed to reprise his role as
25730-468: Was more engaged creatively with the geography of the Star Wars universe than its existing visuals. On November 5, Deadline reported that the series was expected to be an "action thriller with martial arts elements". On Disney Investor Day 2020, it was revealed that the series would be titled The Acolyte and take place during the late High Republic era. In mid-2021 , it was reported that the series would consist of eight episodes. In May 2022, Headland said
25896-441: Was officially revealed in May 2022 as a six-episode series, with three episodes focusing on Ahsoka Tano throughout her life, and the other three focusing on a young Count Dooku and his padawan Qui-Gon Jinn . It was released on October 26, 2022, on Disney+. A second installment, known as Tales of the Empire , was announced in April 2023, and was released on May 4, 2024, focusing on Morgan Elsbeth and Barriss Offee . In May 2022,
26062-414: Was one of the writers, and extensive artwork including character, costume, and set designs were developed at Skywalker Ranch under the close supervision of Lucas and McCallum. The project was still being considered after Lucasfilm was sold to Disney, including by ABC, with stories being reviewed as of December 2015. According to Kathleen Kennedy, That's an area we've spent a lot of time, reading through
26228-411: Was originally planned as a film, but changed to a miniseries due to Solo underperforming at the box office. In April 2023, three new Star Wars films were announced to be set within different eras of the franchise. An untitled film written and directed by James Mangold will be set during the "dawn of the Jedi". Dave Filoni will direct a film set between the original and sequel trilogies during
26394-534: Was picked up by Dark Horse Comics and published as the popular Dark Empire series (1991–1995). Dark Horse subsequently launched dozens of series set after the original film trilogy, including Tales of the Jedi (1993–1998), X-wing Rogue Squadron (1995–1998), Star Wars: Republic (1998–2006), Star Wars Tales (1999–2005), Star Wars: Empire (2002–2006), and Knights of the Old Republic (2006–2010). After Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, it
26560-424: Was released after the series had initially finished airing. The film and series were included in the canon established in 2014. The show was later revived for an additional final season that premiered on February 21, 2020, on the streaming service Disney+. In 2014, Disney XD began airing Star Wars Rebels , the first animated series produced following the Disney acquisition. It follows a band of rebels as they fight
26726-401: Was released by Netflix on February 1, 2013, marketed as the first "Netflix Original" production. Later that month, Netflix announced an agreement with DreamWorks Animation to commission children's television series based on its properties, beginning with Turbo: F.A.S.T. , a spin-off of its film Turbo . Orange is the New Black would premiere in July 2013; Netflix stated that Orange is
26892-480: Was released on Disney+ in 2022 and is set between the prequel and original trilogy films. It was followed by the live-action series Andor in the same year; both series follow their titular characters during the reign of the Empire. The Acolyte is a series created by Leslye Headland set at the end of the High Republic era before the events of the Skywalker Saga , and follows an investigation into
27058-478: Was revealed in a press conference in February 2020. Involving the majority of the then current officially licensed publishers, a new era set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga was explored in various books and comics. Including ongoing titles by Marvel and IDW Publishing, written by Cavan Scott and Daniel José Older respectively. Marvel Comics will publish a one-shot comic book on September 4, 2024, that bridges
27224-429: Was revealed the following month, and confirmed to be in production ahead of The Mandalorian season three. Favreau and Filoni executive produce along with Robert Rodriguez , with Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen reprising their roles as Boba Fett and Fennec Shand , respectively. It premiered on December 29, 2021, and consisted of seven episodes. In August 2019, it was reported that a series focused on Obi-Wan Kenobi
27390-503: Was subsequently restructured to only include the existing six feature films, the animated film The Clone Wars (2008), and its companion animated series. All future projects and creative developments across all types of media would be overseen and coordinated by the story group, announced as a division of Lucasfilm created to maintain continuity and a cohesive vision on the storytelling of the franchise. Multiple comics series from Marvel and novels published by Del Rey were produced after
27556-408: Was using the working title Grammar Rodeo . It was later reported that Jon Watts was being considered to direct at least one episode of the series, along with Favreau as an executive producer. Casting was set to include four teenage actors and one 30-to-40-year old actor as its series regulars. Filming was set to begin as early as June 2022 and last until December 2022 at Manhattan Beach Studios, with
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