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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Is Coming to Disney+ May 4

Hello, and welcome to a fresh edition of the Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. Today we have a lot of news about changes in Hollywood, and the welcome return of one beloved sitcom. Let's get started. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Is Coming to Disney+ Early Welp, this feels right. Today, Disney announced that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be coming to Disney+ two months early. On which day? On May the Fourth, of course. Yes, Disney—likely looking to help fans staying home to slow the spread…

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As Disney Keeps Buying Major Brands, This Guy Comes Up With Its Dystopian And Hilarious Timeline From 1995 To 2100

While Disney, for most of us, associates with the many wonders of Disneyland and countless childhood movies with princesses, lately, for some people Disney has become the picture-perfect example of a never-stopping, ever-expanding corporate machine. Especially with the latest acquisition of Marvel, National Geographic, Pixar, etc., as well as the launch of Disney+ back in November. Perhaps inspired the company’s many ventures, one Twitter user ‘TripnoticMusic” came up with a dystopian, yet hilarious timeline for the Walt Disney Company. The timeline spans from 1995 when Disney bought ABC to 2100,…

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When Baby Yoda Met Pikachu

Artwork by @Litt1eR3d on Twitter So Disney+ just launched and the only thing I know about the service is Baby Yoda, who has taken the Internet by storm with his utter adorableness. All I know is that Baby Yoda has appeared in an episode of the new Star Wars tv show, The Mandalorian, and that he has now become a bona fide meme and inspiration for all kinds of Internet goodness.. like this interpretation of Michelangelo’s famous fresco in the Sistine Chapel, The Creation of Adam. The Internet remains undefeated.…

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