Overview
- Daisy Ridley told USA Today that she doesn’t expect news in 2026, indicating the earliest meaningful update may slip to 2027.
- Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled the Rey-focused movie at Star Wars Celebration 2023, with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy attached to direct a story about rebuilding the Jedi Order.
- Public progress has been minimal as the project has cycled through multiple screenwriters and was absent from outgoing president Kathleen Kennedy’s recent theatrical-slate interview.
- Leadership changes to Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan and a broader reassessment of theatrical plans have contributed to uncertainty around timing.
- Ridley has described significant development hurdles and is not slated to appear in Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter, which writer Jonathan Tropper said will include no legacy characters.