First and foremost, buckle up, kids: According to director J.J. Abrams' Twitter feed, the Star Wars: Episode IX train has left the station.

Quite why Abrams is jumping into the Twitter fray when everyone else seems to want to abandon the platform remains to be seen, but perhaps it's just him being especially contrarian? Or brave? Maybe both? Meanwhile, what else is going on in the galaxy far, far away? So glad you asked.

Disney Is Trying to Gather the Star Wars Movies Into One Central Streaming Location

The Source: Anonymous sources in business reporting

Probability of Accuracy: Despite the anonymity, this seems particularly legit.

The Real Deal: With a new Disney streaming service, Disneyflix, in the works for next year, Bloomberg reported last week that the company is looking to undo a 2016 deal that gives Turner Broadcasting the rights to the Star Wars movies through 2024, on both television and streaming video. Talks between the companies are ongoing, with Turner apparently asking a sizable sum from Disney to bring the deal to an early end. Given that Turner originally spent $275 million, you can't really blame them for trying to recoup the money. Meanwhile, the existing deal with Netflix for new Disney movies—which covers Rogue One, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Solo—will sunset at the end of the year, according to the New York Times. Given what Disney stands to make by having all of the Star Wars movies on its proprietary streaming service, it's almost guaranteed to find some way to make the deal with Turner, which means one simple thing: Come the service's launch in 2019, there'll only be one place to stream Star Wars movies—but at least they’ll all be there together.

The Live-Action Star Wars Show Will Be Expensive, Connected

The Source: The New York Times

Probability of Accuracy: Let's just assume The New York Times knows what it's talking about.

The Real Deal: Also hidden in that NYT piece on the future of Disneyflix was some information about the live-action Star Wars show that’s being created for the streaming service. The first season will be written by Jon Favreau and run for 10 episodes, with the cost to make the entire thing pegged at around $100 million. (For some context, $10 million per episode is higher than CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, which reportedly costs around $8 million per installment.) It's likely the show will take a serial format, and Favreau told the paper that the "new streaming service affords a wonderful opportunity to tell stories that stretch over multiple chapters." What will the stories be about? Keep reading.

The Live-Action Star Wars Show Will Build Out the Expanded Universe

The Source: Fan rumor