Star Wars appears to have develop into a revolving door for writers and administrators as of late. Whether or not tasks merely change fingers or get scrapped solely, fewer and fewer motion pictures have safely made it from announcement to manufacturing since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Sadly, it seems to be just like the upcoming Rey movie, at the moment going by the working title Star Wars: New Jedi Order, has as soon as once more joined the ranks of Star Wars motion pictures trapped within the growth cycle with author Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) leaving the undertaking.
Knight signed onto the movie in March 2023, after the movie’s authentic screenwriters Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson have been requested to go away. That was most likely the primary signal that this film would see delays like so many others. Lucasfilm is at the moment trying to find a brand new author to interchange Knight. Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel) remains to be hooked up to the undertaking, however due to this delay, manufacturing probably received’t be capable to begin on the film till nicely into 2025, which can trigger it to overlook its projected December 2026 launch date.
This growth is unlucky, because the premise of Star Wars: New Jedi Order sounds extremely fascinating. Going down 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker, the movie is about to observe a extra mature Rey (Daisy Ridley) as she works to rebuild the Jedi Order, hoping to study from the errors that Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) made.
As a lot as it could be cool to see extra of the Star Wars universe exterior of the Skywalker saga, there’s nonetheless so much to faucet into with Rey. Her heroic journey was considerably overshadowed by her lineage in The Rise of Skywalker, and he or she deserves one other likelihood to indicate simply how badass she is. There’s additionally the truth that we nonetheless don’t have many women-centered tales in Star Wars which have made it to the massive display screen, particularly one a few Jedi grasp.
