Rey Returns
Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, and set 15 years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, Daisy Ridley will return to the role of Rey Skywalker. In the flick, Rey is now a Jedi Master and leading a new Jedi Academy. In the expanded version of the Star Wars timeline, this period is being called the “New Jedi Order” in case you were curious!
Unlike (as far as we know) the Filoni project, this one does have some sort of a script to back it up, though this is also the part that may raise some alarm bells. Initially written by Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson, the duo exited the project on March 21. They were quickly replaced by Steven Knight the next day, presumably fixing or tweaking the version written by Lindelof and Britt-Gibson.
Though this interview took place prior to his exit, in conversation with Slashfilm, Lindelof noted that:
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“I will just say, that for reasons that I can’t get into on this Sunday morning, on this day, the degree of difficulty is extremely, extremely, extremely high. If it can’t be great, it shouldn’t exist. That’s all I’ll say, because I have the same association with it as you do, which is, it’s the first movie I saw sitting in my dad’s lap, four years old, May of ’77. I think it’s possible that sometimes when you hold something in such high reverence and esteem, you start to get in the kitchen and you just go, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t be cooking. Maybe I should just be eating.’ We’ll just leave it at that point.”
Mind you, Knight is a prolific and well-regarded writer on his own, having worked on Peaky Blinders, the recent Great Expectations, and other projects. But the notoriously fastidious Lindelof throwing cold water on this idea is a little nerve-wracking, to say the least. With a director, script, and star in place, the chances of this happening are promising; but with what Lindelof said, the question is… Should this happen?
Likelihood Of Ever Existing: 60/40 in favor, but could fall apart quickly if the script isn’t up to snuff.
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