Daisy Ridley Shares Progress Update on Her Star Wars Movie

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Daisy Ridley’s next Star Wars feature film gets an exciting update courtesy of the Sequel Trilogy star.

Per ScreenRant, Ridley gave fans an update on the project, currently titled New Jedi Order, during an episode of the Smartless podcast with hosts Jason Bateman, Shawn Hayes, and Will Arnett. Ridley described the project as “very exciting,” before stating that she “shall be reading a script soon-ish… I think we might film next year.” With that, fans are now expecting production on New Jedi Order to likely begin in 2025.

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New Jedi Order, which will be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, was announced during Star Wars Celebration 2023. The film was announced along with several other upcoming projects set in the Galaxy Far, Far Away, including two other features which will be helmed by Dave Filoni and James Mangold, respectively. These films will run the gamut of the Star Wars timeline, ranging from long before the Jedi Order was founded to “15 years after the events of Rise of Skywalker.”

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Though the project is still far from shooting, New Jedi Order has already suffered a series of various setbacks. In April 2023, it was reported that the film had lost its lead in the form of Watchmen star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. This came hot on the heels of the news that Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, who had previously been slated to co-write the film along with Justin Britt-Gibson, had also stepped away from the project.

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Ridley’s isn’t the only Star Wars project to receive a positive update, as director Shawn Levy’s own mystery feature has recently added Jonathan Trooper on as screenwriter for the film. Levy’s own project was announced several months prior to those made public during Star Wars Celebration 2023, though it is arguably the one that fans know the least about. Currently, fans have only speculated as to whether the project might involve Adam Driver’s Ben Solo, better known as Kylo Ren, rumors which Levy has staunchly refused to answer one way or the other.

New Jedi Order does not currently have a planned release date.

Source: ScreenRant

Star Wars

The original trilogy depicts the heroic development of Luke Skywalker as a Jedi and his fight against Palpatine’s Galactic Empire alongside his sister, Leia. The prequels tell the tragic backstory of their father, Anakin, who is corrupted by Palpatine and becomes Darth Vader.

Created by: George Lucas
Latest Film: Star Wars: Episode XI – The Rise of Skywalker
First Episode Air Date: November 12, 2019
Cast: Mark Hamill
, Carrie Fisher
, Harrison Ford
, Hayden Christensen
, Ewan McGregor
, Natalie Portman
, Ian McDiarmid
, Daisy Ridley
, Adam Driver
, Rosario Dawson
, Pedro Pascal
Where to Stream: Disney+
Comic: Star Wars: Revelations

Summary

Created by George Lucas, Star Wars began in 1977 with the then-eponymous film that would later be retitled Episode IV: A New Hope. The original Star Wars trilogy centered on Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa, who helped lead the Rebel Alliance to victory over the tyrannous Galactic Empire. This Empire was overseen by Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine, who was aided by the cybernetic menace known as Darth Vader.

In 1999, Lucas returned to Star Wars with a prequel trilogy that explored how Luke’s father Anakin Skywalker became a Jedi and eventually succumbed to the dark side of the Force. This, of course, is what led him to become the aforementioned Darth Vader.

Lucas would sell Lucasfilm and Star Wars to The Walt Disney Company in 2012, and two years later, Disney declared the entire Expanded Universe – consisting of novels, comic books, video games and more – non-canon. The new era of Star Wars canon was bolstered by the sequel trilogy, which kicked off in 2015 with The Force Awakens. This trilogy saw a new generation of heroes band together to take down the First Order, an Empire-like regime that rose from the ashes of Palpatine’s original Empire. The faction was led by Supreme Leader Snoke and later Kylo Ren, the son of Han and Leia and the grandson of Darth Vader.

Outside of the prequel, original and sequel trilogies, Disney experimented with Star Wars anthology films such as Rogue One and Solo. When Disney+ launched in 2019, the company also expanded into live-action television with The Mandalorian, which paved the way for The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, Andor and more. The streaming service also housed the revival of The Clone Wars for its final season and a spinoff called The Bad Batch.

As for the Expanded Universe, while those stories are no longer canon, fans can still revisit them under the Star Wars Legends banner.