If you’ve got about 3 minutes in your day and need another serotonin boost after the 2021 May the Fourth celebrations have come and gone, may I recommend watching the newSimpsons/Star Warscrossover shortMaggie Simpson in ‘The Force Awakens From Its Nap’? It’s a fun, jam-packed, silly-but-reverent fusion ofStar Warsand Springfield, and it represents an intriguing future for moreSimpsonsone-offs that might play in more Disney-owned worlds.
That is, if theSimpsonsteam is planning on making more one-off short films that play in Disney-owned worlds. Are they? I’m so glad you asked.
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I spoke with long-runningSimpsonsshowrunner and co-writer of the shortAl Jeanover the phone recently, and when I asked him if there were any plans to craft aSimpsons/Star Warstrilogy, continuing with aLast JediandRise of Skywalkerriff, he told me, “I’d love to do another, and we’re working on doing other collaborations with other Disney+ properties. So it’s a really exciting thing to be doing.” Jean also revealed, taking care not to spoil any fun reveals, that “there’s one coming” soon, within the upcoming months.
So what else couldThe Simpsonsinvade, especially very soon? There’s obviously tons of Disney-owned properties to plow through — moreStar Wars, theX-Men, the Pixar universe — but my money’s on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since it was announced thatThe Simpsonswould be available on Disney+,the image of Homer in an ill-fitting Iron Man suithas haunted my brains as a gag worth exploring (or maybe the entire family is the Fantastic Four, with Maggie as a Doctor Doom with a metal pacifier?). Plus, the next few months include all kinds of splashy MCU properties, especially with the one-two punch ofBlack WidowandLoki.
We’ll keep you updated once we know for sure what futureSimpsons/Disney+ crossover shorts will look like, and be on the lookout for our full interview with Jean coming soon.
