We are currently living in the Golden Age of the shared cinematic universe, and the film that deserves a lion’s share of the credit for that is Joss Whedon’s The Avengers. Illustrating that combining multiple film properties under one umbrella could have tremendous benefits, the overwhelming critical and commercial success of the 2012 superhero blockbuster caused several other studios to pursue similar routes, most notably the DC Extended Universe at Warner Bros. Marvel’s parent company Disney even double-downed on the practice by purchasing Lucasfilm, turning new Star Wars films into an annual occurrence.
It’s become common knowledge now that Lucasfilm is doing much more than a sequel trilogy in the Skywalker family saga in this era. In between the numbered episodes, the ...
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