The availability of Rogue One as the lone Star Wars film for streaming is a result of the deal made between parent company Disney and Netflix last year, which made Netflix the sole streaming provider of all Marvel, Disney, Pixar and Star Wars films.
Last December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will become the only live-action Star Wars film on Netflix when it becomes available for streaming this July.
The deal only requires Disney to make available films that were released from 2016 and on, therefore the rest of the films in these franchises will most likely take a much longer time to get onto Netflix, especially when it comes to Star Wars since 20th Century Fox still owns distribution rights until 2020.
While Netflix subscribers would be thrilled for this to be the start of the entire Star Wars franchise making its way onto Netflix, fans shouldn’t hold their breath for that anytime soon.