For about five years now, Star Wars shows on Disney+ have been the biggest way the franchise set in a galaxy far, far away has been staying afloat, with The Rise of Skywalker being the last of the released Star Wars movies in order.

George Nolfi, known for his screenplay work on movies such as The Bourne Ultimatum and Ocean’s 12, has been tapped to write New Jedi Order, the Daisy Ridley -centric Star Wars movie.

The Rey-centric Star Wars movie has had two constants: star Daisy Ridley, reprising her role from the sequel trilogy, and director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Everything else has shifted around in the great sands of Lucasfilm— including its presumed release date,

The Star Wars franchise’s upcoming New Jedi Order movie, which follows Rey as she leads a new generation of Force-users, has secured another new writer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum,

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

Since Disney’s sequel trilogy sputtered out with The Rise Of Skywalker, the Mouse House has been happy to announce new Star Wars movies. Making them, however, is a different story. Despite having numerous Star Wars adventures in development,

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy still is attached to direct the story about Rey Skywalker, set 15 years after the events of 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker. The plot is rumored that Rey, the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine, will oversee a school of Jedis.

Daisy Ridley's "Star Wars" movie is still alive. Lucasfilm has hired George Nolfi ("The Borne Ultimatum," "Ocean's 12") to write the script for the long-gestating follow-up to 2019's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,

Lucasfilm has hired yet another screenwriter to bang out a new script for Star Wars: New Jedi Order. The still-in-development sci-fi sequel is set to bring back Daisy Ridley as Rey, if it can ever lock down a screenplay.

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