Two years in the past, the Star Wars Celebration introduced with huge fanfare that Daisy Ridley was returning as Rey Skywalker for a brand new movie directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The rumored title was New Jedi Order; it’d be set after The Rise of Skywalker, and would have proven Rey instructing the Power to a brand new era of Jedi Knights.
This 12 months’s Star Wars Celebration is at present underway in Japan, with the headlines dominated by new particulars on The Mandalorian & Grogu and Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling’s Star Wars: Starfighter. With renewed concentrate on Star Wars on the massive display, we anticipated an replace on the Rey film. However… *crickets*.
Yup, there was not a single point out in any respect of any film starring Rey. Plus, with The Mandalorian & Grogu out in 2026 and Starfighter in 2027, meaning the following two years’ motion pictures have already been determined. So, what’s occurring?
First up, the Rey film has seen main script points. Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson have been initially hooked up, however departed in Mar. 2023, reportedly because of Lucasfilm hating with their script. Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight took over and promptly exited in Oct. 2024, leaving the venture with no author. The Bourne Ultimatum author George Nolfi was subsequent in line, however doesn’t appear to have produced a script both.
Oh no. The film no one requested for is getting delayed.
— David Norris (@cdavidnorris) October 25, 2024
This was as soon as speculated to focus on a Dec. 2026 slot reserved for a Star Wars film, however Disney has now changed that with Ice Age 6. Whereas this 2026 launch date was by no means explicitly confirmed because the Rey film, it was the seemingly candidate, given its superior improvement stage in comparison with different tasks. Lucasfilm now positioning The Mandalorian & Grogu for Might 2026 additional suggests the Rey movie has been, at greatest, deprioritized.
Disney has eliminated a “Star Wars” movie beforehand scheduled for Dec. 18, 2026 from its launch calendar. “Ice Age 6” will transfer into its spot.https://t.co/rL2ghu1eyb
— Selection (@Selection) November 15, 2024
And, after all, this wouldn’t be the primary time a serious venture was introduced just for it to rapidly sputter out. See Rian Johnson’s never-made trilogy, or Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron, or Taika Waititi’s film, or Kevin Feige’s film or… Nicely, you get the image.
Evidently Disney and Lucasfilm have a significant issue with saying motion pictures which are mere ideas somewhat than fleshed-out concepts. Presumably, the plan was to substantiate they have been making a Rey film, then work out what that might truly appear like. As no one got here up with an thought value making, improvement fizzled, artistic expertise moved on to different issues, and the movie quietly died on the vine.
Possibly in the future there might be a brand new Star Wars film that includes Daisy Ridley as Rey, however they’re going to have to start out improvement from scratch. So, for now, greatest to only overlook about this. The most effective we are able to hope for is that among the rejected scripts are leaked, if solely so we are able to see what it was about them that LucasFilm hated a lot.
