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If the deal makes, this would send the project into hyper-drive after two years of development, and make it the next Star Wars movie to go into production.

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If a deal makes, the project would continue to fly like the Millennium Falcon, becoming not only Levy's next movie but also the next Star Wars movie to go into production, with cameras potentially rolling this fall.

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redline248 said:

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Which movie is Levy directing?

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redline248 said:

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Which movie is Levy directing?

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No one knows. We have next to no details. All any knows is that he and his writing partner have been working on it for over a year, and at one point it was *also* rumored to involve Rey (in addition to the other, more prominent Rey-centric movie that keeps getting delayed), but who knows.

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It is unclear when Levy's project is set. Star Wars stories have run the gamut of hundreds of years, detailing the goings-on of a galactic republic-turned-dictatorship-turned-rebellion. It's also unclear if it concerns Jedis and their enemies, The Sith. It is, however, to be unconnected to the so-called Skywalker Saga, the stories centered on well-established and beloved characters Luke Skywalker and his father, Anakin.

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Dunno if that means no Rey, though.

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redline248 said:

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Dunno if that means no Rey, though.

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The bit you quoted just says it's unconnected, with no "a source told us" type of qualifier...but your point,

Rey pseudo dated Luke's nephew, is granddaughter of Palpatine and took the Skywalker name. If she's in a movie, it's a Skywalker Saga film

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Since the Nov. 7 reveal that Simon Kinberg had signed on to develop and write and produce a new Star Wars trilogy for Lucasfilm and Disney, debate has focused on whether or not it would be a continuation of the so-called nine-film Skywalker Saga, tying it to the legacy of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and storylines first laid out by George Lucas in 1977. The reason for the debate is that the new, hoped-for trilogy would feature Rey in some form or fashion.

Some fans have expressed criticism that Lucasfilm would return to the well to make "episodes," as they are called, beyond the nine movies that comprise the Skywalker story, which had been billed as concluding with 2019's Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker. That film grossed $1.077 billion globally but also wasn't received well by much of the fan base (it received a B+ grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore and a 51 percent critics tally on Rotten Tomatoes).

But Rey, the scavenger turned Jedi played by Daisy Ridley in the last three episode movies, is key to the franchise's next turn. That potentially puts Kinberg's trilogy story development, as early in its conceptual stages as it may be, on a collision course with the Rey stand-alone movie that is actively in the works with director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

That feature, revealed with fanfare in April 2023 at Star Wars Celebration in London, is to star Ridley and could have already been in production were it not for some unanticipated headwinds, with writers rotating around more than R2-D2's chrome dome. A new writer search is underway, so it's unclear when that one would go.

Perhaps that is why Lucasfilm was receptive to Kinberg's multi-story pitch. Anything to move Rey forward. But it does engender rumors in the Star Wars underground of filmmakers jostling for characters. (Ridley, for her part, recently told The Hollywood Reporter, "I feel like the new one/new ones will be so interesting. Time has passed and a lot has changed for me, personally, so it'll be interesting to come back to someone who I know so well, but in such a different moment.")

While insiders dispute the notion that there is a battle for Rey, there definitely is internal deliberation within Lucasfilm as to what do with the heir to Skywalker next. "She is the most valuable cinematic asset, in some ways maybe the only one, Star Wars has right now," one source close to the franchise tells THR. (Pedro Pascal's Mandalorian and the Yoda-like Grogu are Disney+ creations and will have their big-screen power tested with a feature directed by Jon Favreau, releasing in 2026.)

According to sources, Rey is set to play a role in several movies that are being developed, although which ones remains unclear.

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That's exactly how I felt. Far from a perfect movie but such a fun time plus fun building theories afterwards. Episode 8 left me feeling just empty/apathetic leaving the theaters and then episode 9 had me thinking they let a 12 year old write the script.

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At this rate, if we do get a Rey movie it will be almost as much time passed as between 6 and 7

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George Nolfi (‘Ocean’s 12’, ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’) is the new writer for the ‘STAR WARS’ movie focused on Rey.

Set 15 years after ‘THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’

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A few weeks ago, when Lucasfilm hired Simon Kinberg to write a new Star Wars trilogy, a lot of people figured the news would be the nail in the coffin for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Star Wars movie, but to the contrary, I'd heard that Lucasfilm had just hired a new writer on the project. I wasn't able to ascertain their identity, but I'd heard they were an older, white man, and not a huge name or anything, but a respectable, dependable one. Sure enough, THR reported today that George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum) has come on to rewrite New Jedi Order, which is expected to feature Daisy Ridley's Rey in a mentor-like capacity roughly 15 years after the events of 2019's The Rise of Skywalker. I think you can expect the film's protagonist to be a young man somewhere between the ages of 16 and 22, who will be training to be a Jedi. Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson were the original writers on the project before being replaced by Steven Knight. New Jedi Order was once being eyed to follow The Mandalorian and Grogu, but as my sources have been saying for months, it sounds like Shawn Levy's movie will be next up - especially now that Ryan Gosling is in negotiations to star. Don't be surprised if that film debuts in May 2027 timed to the 50th anniversary of the original Star Wars. In addition to The Bourne Ultimatum, Nolfi also worked with Matt Damonon Ocean's 12 and The Adjustment Bureau. More recently, he directed the Anthony Mackie movies The Banker and Elevation.

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Scoundrel movie and a Jedi movie? Star Wars probably needs a new scoundrel. Would be cool for Gosling to play a villain, but gray area is more likely.

Will be fun to see what kind of bad guys, and scale, we get.

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Like Rogue One?

edit: obviously that was mostly cameos

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