We didn’t see this one coming! In some of the stunning reveals from the Star Wars Celebration in London this previous Friday, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy introduced the subsequent Star Wars characteristic movie will probably be set 15 years after the final occasions of the Skywalker Saga, and can star Daisy Ridley reprising her position as Rey.
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (Ms. Marvel) will direct from a script by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders); the story follows the rebuilding of the New Jedi Order and the powers that rise to tear it down. Damon Lindelof (HBO’s Watchmen) and Justin Britt-Gibson (Counterpart), the unique screenwriters of the venture, exited in February.
“It’s simply thrilling,” Jon Favreau informed Selection after the London panel. “I at all times discover it actually satisfying, encouraging when you’ve gotten individuals who come by means of Star Wars, come again to Star Wars. It exhibits you ways robust that neighborhood is and the way huge of a bond you develop. For Daisy to come back again and be a part of the place that is going, I’m excited to see the place all at what occurs there.”
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