Disney Plus will deliver several new Marvel and Star Wars series next year, but at least some of the most anticipated shows appear to have been pushed back to 2025

Disney's popular streaming platform will deliver "Star Wars: Acolytes" next year, the company confirmed in a press release on Monday (December 4) The series is set in the era of the Great Republic and will be the first live-action series from that era According to Disney, "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew," starring Jude Law and set in an environment dominated by children, will also be available next year on Disney Plus

Disney advertised that it would launch two new Star Wars films next year, but it appears that the second season of "Star Wars: Andor," which completed a strong first season in 2022, will not be available on Disney Plus in 2024 There were also hopes that the fourth season of "The Mandalorian" would premiere on Disney Plus next year, but this also appears to be delayed until after 2025

Andor's omission is especially noteworthy given that showrunner Tony Gilroy said earlier this year at a "Star Wars" event that the show was aiming for an August 2024 release It is unclear why that changed, or whether Disney simply did not want to commit to a 2024 release just yet

Disney also announced three new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series for next year, including Marvel's Echo, a series centered on the origin story of Maya Lopez, also known as Echo Disney also announced the Wondervision spinoff "Agatha": it also confirmed that "Agatha: Darkhold Diaries" will premiere next year, along with "X-Men: The Animated Series," a sequel to "X-Men 97"

Disney did not mention the exact release dates for the "Star Wars" series, "Agatha: The Darkhold Diaries" and "X-Men": Star Wars series, "Agatha: The Darkhold Diaries" and "X-Men 97" He did not give an exact release date, but said that distribution would begin within the next year For "Echo," however, Disney said it could begin streaming on both Disney Plus and Hulu on January 10

In addition to Marvel and Star Wars programming, Disney announced a number of premieres for next year, including the final season of "Modern Family," which will begin streaming on January 1, and new episodes of the 12th season of "Futurama"

FX's "Shogun," set in 1600 Japan, will debut on Disney+ in February; the Emmy-nominated FX series "Welcome to Wrexham" will stream on Disney+ next spring; FX's hugely popular series "The Bear" confirmed to air on Disney+ within the next year

Like other studios and streaming platforms, Disney and its Disney+ have been hit hard by the double strike of actors and writers that has affected Hollywood this year Many shows and movies scheduled for release next year have been postponed because of the prolonged strikes by many artists This bodes well for entertainment in 2025, but could lead to a content shortage in 2024