Fans of the "Star Wars" trilogy will be pleased to know that Netflix and Disney have finally closed a deal that would allow the streaming video buffet platform to stream "The Force Awakens" in 2016 after its theatrical run. But the only hang-up is that the deal, for now, will only make the streams available to Canadian customers.

According to an article on Variety, these deals that Disney has cut with not just Netflix, but also with Starz, will make the streaming rights available to both entities, just in different territories.

What really defines this is the fact that these deals are all about the timing. Disney has a contract with Starz that makes it the exclusive home for streaming for everything that comes out until the end of 2015. But that is only in the U.S.

Netflix has cut a deal with Disney that would allow it to acquire and stream anything that they produce from 2016 until the end of their contract. So that excludes the new "Star Wars" film from being distributed to domestic subscribers.

But Netflix's contract with Disney in the Canadian market means that they get exclusive rights to all content released in 2015, so that makes the movie available to their Canadian subscribers at some point next year. This would be approximately eight months after the film leaves theaters, which could very well mean that the movie may not debut on the streaming service until sometime in 2017.

There has been no word yet on the streaming rights for the previous six "Star Wars" films. It was reported earlier this month that Netflix was in negotiations for the streaming rights to those films, but there has been no developments in those negotiations thus far.

According to another article on Variety, Disney is also planning on launching their own VOD service for their library of content in the U.K., but it will exclude anything from the Marvel or "Star Wars" franchises.