Jon Favreau has spent much of the last decade helping shape the Star Wars universe on Disney+, most notably as the creator of The Mandalorian. Favreau was crowned a Disney Legend last year, too, and deservedly so. But his next series, his long-awaited follow-up to a galaxy far, far away, is also from a long time ago. Except this one is going into the history of Disney itself, and the character at its center actually predates Mickey Mouse.
At D23, Favreau showed off the first look at Oswald, his new Disney+ series centered on Walt Disney’s Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The three-episode miniseries will premiere on February 17, 2027, shortly before the character celebrates his 100th anniversary. Favreau will write, direct, and executive produce the series, which combines live-action with hand-drawn 2D animation. Sergio Pablos (Klaus) is overseeing Oswald’s hand-drawn appearance, while the story follows three middle schoolers who end up dragged along on an adventure after an earthquake unexpectedly frees Oswald following decades spent in hiding.
The young cast is led by Ravi Cabot-Conyers (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew), Ryder Allen (Palmer) and Mykal-Michelle Harris (Raven’s Home). They’ll be joined by Amy Sedaris (The Mandalorian), Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along), Al Madrigal (Lopez vs. Lopez), Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building) and Bernell Pesino. D23 attendees were also shown footage of Oswald exploring the Walt Disney Archives. The sequence begins with the black-and-white character moving through the real-world building before discovering an old illustration office. There, Oswald encounters a bottle of black ink and accidentally activates a zoetrope before scrambling across a piano.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
01
You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Who Is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
Oswald first appeared in Trolley Troubles on September 5, 1927. Yes, you read that right, 1927. Walt Disney himself created the character, but he lost control of him the next year to Universal, which ultimately led to Disney creating Mickey Mouse. Disney managed to get the rights to Oswald back in a strange deal in 2006. The sportscaster Al Michaels was released from his ESPN contract, allowing him to join NBC (owned by Universal) in exchange for the rights reverting to Disney.
Oswald has subsequently appeared in projects including 2010’s Epic Mickey and Disney’s Mickey Mouse animated shorts; this is the first time Oswald will be the star of his own vehicle in, well, decades. Oswald premieres February 17, 2027, exclusively on Disney+.
Release Date
2019 – 2023-00-00
Network
Disney+
Directors
Rick Famuyiwa, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dave Filoni, Carl Weathers, Peyton Reed, Deborah Chow, Jon Favreau, Peter Ramsey, Robert Rodriguez, Taika Waititi, Lee Isaac Chung
