D23 2026: 7 Things We Loved and 3 Things We Didn't

The dust has settled, the release dates are set, and now Disney can go back to being secretive for a few more months. Yes, D23 2026 is officially over. Three full days of nothing but Disney news, Disney merch, and Disney madness. io9 was on the ground for the event and, below, we’ll get into some things we really loved about it and a few we did not. Sure, we pretty much knew that Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni was going to give fans the first footage from Ahsoka season two and Star Wars Starfighter, but it was still brand new footage from two Star Wars projects. And, sure, we would’ve loved a little tease at what’s coming after that, but it was just nice to finally see what the future of this franchise holds. Star Wars and Marvel got most of the headlines, but it was Disney’s animated divisions that probably showed the brightest future. Pixar gave us updates on its next big release, Gatto, two highly anticipated sequels (Incredibles 3 and Coco 2), as well as showing footage from a new original film called Ghost Market. Disney Animation similarly focused on its next release, Hexed, announced a new original film, Clay, broke the news of Zootopia 3, and then not only showed a full sc