The move was expected, just not this early. Bob Iger will step down as CEO of Disney, transitioning to a new role as “executive chairman” with an emphasis on the creative side. In layman’s terms: don’t expect anything drastic from your favorite Disney properties. Bob Iger’s recently released memoir is titled “The Ride of a Lifetime,” so it wasn’t too far fetched to assume his tenure as CEO of Disney would eventually run its course. In reality, his original contract as CEO ran through 2018, but his tenure was extended to 2019 and then once again through 2021.

An enjoyable, albeit somewhat uneven film, The Rise of Skywalker in its ‘biggest moment’ could have taken a nod from the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s own big film earlier in the year. As they say, hindsight is 20/20, and perhaps I’m in the minority when writing this but...when Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker released its final trailer just ahead of its December 2019 release I was, for lack of a better word, unimpressed? Or perhaps, in layman’s terms, I just wasn’t as “hyped” as I feel I should have been.

The season finale of The Mandalorian was the exclamation point on a spectacular first season and opened the door for new plot points and storylines in season two. What should fans expect (and want) for the future? By the time season two of The Mandalorian hits Disney+ in the fall of 2020, Baby Yoda may very well be called “Toddler Yoda.” All jokes aside, despite filming already underway for season two, the return of Star Wars’ live-action series feels farther than ever, leaving plenty of time for fans to speculate what we can expect.

Fans no longer are regulated to exploring a galaxy far, far away just once a year during the holidays. The Mandalorian has shown that a live-action series, once a week through eight episodes works just as well, if not better. The brand “Star Wars” has long been synonymous with the Jedi versus the Sith, the Skywalker saga, and the empire versus the rebellion, among others. As of late, those same storylines would encompass our lives every other year or so, particularly during the holidays. But while blockbusters are all the rage at the box office, they aren’t the “future” of entertainment as we know it.

Disney CEO Bob Iger recently admitted that the studio may have released too many Star Wars movies too fast in a short amount of time, undoubtedly leading to some “Star Wars” fatigue. If Disney is wise then the fatigue should be absent heading into the future. Star Wars fans young and old were ecstatic when news broke that a new sequel trilogy was to be released back in 2013. The long-awaited release of a new Star Wars film (the most recent was Revenge of the Sith in 2005, while the last chronological film Return of the Jedi was released in 1983) created unparalleled hype as the film neared its release date in 2015.