TV Discussion Disney+ Star Wars content - weekly drops or all at once?

it will be weekly. they want subscribers to stay as long as possible.

 

I'd probably lose interest and the show would lose momentum imo.

 

so it'll definitely be weekly, however, I am wondering on Launch Day, will their be at least 2 eps of Mandalorian available or only just 1? I have a feeling they'll be 2 eps on launch day for no particular reason / special launch day circumstances.

 

Favreau has already confirmed that they’ll be weekly releases. No need to speculate.

 

Slightly off topic but has there been any more information / rumours on when Disney+ will be launching in the UK? Had a look online but I can't see anything new. I don't even know why they can't launch it in November.

 

I think Disney reps said it won’t officially launch in the UK until Boris is ousted from power.

 

So next week then...

 

God willing.

 

Cinemablend says that it premieres at 12 AM PT which is 3 AM EST. I am a backwards vampire zombie person on the East Coast so Netflix drops things at 3 AM my time (12 AM Left Coast) which I am okay with but has it been confirmed it'll land then at 12 AM PT? reason I ask is because Amazon Prime drops shows at 12 AM EST.

 

What's the likelihood that the first season of The Mandalorian is split in half due to the release of TROS and the holiday season? So, four episodes from 11/12-12/3 and then picks back up for the last four 1/7-1/28? Then Clone Wars returns in February.

 

I wonder how long after Clone wars has ended we have to wait for Cassian and Kenobi. Clone wars probaly ends in early may.

 

Not likely at all. Generally not seen as a good idea to split up a live action TV show like that. Especially if you’re trying to hook early adopters into the Disney+ service.

 

Hmm. That would mean it would roll out on a weekly basis through to 12/31. I'm fine with it either way, just wondering if Lucasfilm is still going to take the cautious approach of not overlapping too much, especially since TROS is likely to suck up all of the oxygen in December.

 

Oh yeah. I for some reason didn’t quite realize that one episode a week for eight weeks takes us to the end of the year. In that case, your scenario is certainly plausible.

Unless we get, say, the first three episodes all at once on November 12. Then the finale will be on December 17. With TROS following on the 20th.

And watching an awesome Mando finale, and craving more Star Wars, might be a really great buzz generator for the release of TROS three days later.

 

yah actually that's what I am wondering if at launch we'll have more than just 1 episode because it would be odd if Rise of Skywalker comes out and Mandalorian is still putting out new episodes.

To be fair, Star Trek Discovery did a split in it's first season by basically going dark for December. but I am thinking it's likely we'll have more than 1 episode at launch.