D23 2026 Schedule Revealed, and Star Wars Fans Should Probably Watch the Gaps

Disney has revealed the programming lineup for D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026, and Star Wars is definitely present.

Just maybe not in the giant “everyone stop what you’re doing, here comes the movie slate” way some people might be hoping for.

D23 2026 takes place August 14–16 in Anaheim, California, with major showcases at the Honda Center and a full spread of panels, presentations, concerts, screenings, and fan events across the Anaheim Convention Center. Disney says the weekend will include more than 50 panels and programming across five stages, covering film, television, parks, publishing, music, games, collectibles, and more.

For Star Wars fans, the most obvious headline is a LEGO Star Wars Screening Event, described as a special screening of an all-new animated LEGO Star Wars adventure featuring familiar characters, laughs, and action. Disney says more details are still to come.

So yes, LEGO Star Wars is on the board.

The bigger question is what else Lucasfilm might be keeping close to the chest.

The Main Disney Entertainment Showcase Is the One to Watch

The big D23 moment for Star Wars will likely be the Disney Entertainment Showcase on Friday, August 14.

That presentation is set for the Honda Center and is described as a preview of what is coming across Disney movies, television, games, and live stage productions, with first looks, new announcements, celebrity appearances, and musical performances. (D23)

That wording is broad enough to include Star Wars.

It is also broad enough to include everything else Disney owns, which is the problem.

Marvel, Pixar, Disney Animation, live-action Disney, Hulu, FX, Disney+, and Lucasfilm all live under the same very crowded roof. So while Star Wars could absolutely show up, the current public schedule does not spell out a dedicated Lucasfilm film-and-TV panel.

That does not mean nothing is coming.

It means expectations should probably be kept somewhere between “reasonable” and “please do not build an entire Reddit prophecy around this.”

LEGO Star Wars Gets a Proper Screening Slot

The confirmed Star Wars programming is the LEGO Star Wars Screening Event.

That is not nothing. LEGO Star Wars has quietly become one of the most reliable corners of the franchise, especially because it is allowed to be silly in a way mainline Star Wars sometimes forgets how to be.

It can mock canon, remix characters, throw timeline logic into a trash compactor, and still feel weirdly affectionate. For a franchise that often spends too much time looking terrified of its own mythology, LEGO Star Wars remains a useful pressure valve.

This new animated adventure could be a small thing. It could also be one of those pieces of family-friendly Star Wars content that ends up having more charm than expected.

Either way, it is the clearest Lucasfilm-specific item on the schedule so far.

Grogu Also Gets His Own Toy-Tech Moment

There is another Star Wars-adjacent panel worth noting: The Force of Innovation – Hasbro’s Grogu Animatronic.

That panel brings the development team behind Hasbro’s Ultimate Grogu collectible to talk about the work behind turning Grogu into an animatronic toy, with Disney teasing that a few secrets may be revealed.

Is that a major Star Wars story reveal?

No.

Is it extremely on-brand for modern Star Wars that one of the most concrete D23 items is about Grogu as a piece of engineering, performance, merchandise, and emotional manipulation?

Absolutely.

Grogu remains one of the most powerful little green engines in the Disney-era Star Wars machine, and with The Mandalorian and Grogu still fresh in the wider conversation, this panel makes sense. We recently looked at how The Mandalorian and Grogu’s home release keeps blurring the line between streaming, cinema, digital, and physical media, and this is the merchandise side of that same machine.

The character is not just a story presence.

He is a format. A puppet. A collectible. A marketing plan with ears.

Games Could Still Sneak Into the Conversation

The schedule description for the Disney Entertainment Showcase specifically mentions games as part of the Friday presentation. That alone is enough to make Star Wars gaming fans pay attention.

No, that does not mean a massive Lucasfilm Games reveal is guaranteed.

But Star Wars has several gaming threads that could plausibly benefit from a D23 spotlight, from upcoming projects to already-announced titles still waiting for cleaner public messaging. The franchise has always been unusually flexible in games, something our complete list of every Star Wars game ever made makes painfully obvious.

If Disney wants a gaming beat at D23, Star Wars is always one of the easiest brands to bring out.

The question is whether they actually will.

Do Not Expect Everything From the Public Schedule

The important thing about D23 is that the schedule is only part of the story.

Some panels are clearly labeled. Some are broad showcases. Some surprises are saved for the room. Some things get teased, some things get shown behind closed doors, and some things fans convince themselves are definitely happening because a chair was placed suspiciously near a microphone.

Classic convention behavior.

Right now, the confirmed Star Wars items are modest: LEGO Star Wars, Grogu toy technology, and the possibility of broader Lucasfilm presence inside the Entertainment Showcase. That may disappoint anyone hoping for a giant Star Wars-only roadmap.

But it also leaves room for surprises.

And honestly, that may be the healthiest way to approach D23 2026.

Expect LEGO. Expect Grogu. Watch the Entertainment Showcase. Keep one eye on games.

And maybe do not bet the moisture farm on a full Star Wars movie slate until someone actually says the words out loud.