The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and the forthcoming The Last Jedi have all broken tradition for the Star Wars franchise, in which all live-action films had previously been released in May of their releases. However, based on the returns of the former two films, December has worked extremely well for the juggernaut of a franchise, with Star Wars moving beyond its traditional Memorial Day release period. Lucasfilm seems to be doing a course correction in teh coming months.

