Lucasfilm’s Rey Skywalker movie has gone through a few writers already with Damon Lindelof ( Watchmen ), Sharmeen Obaid-Chino , and Steven Knight ( Peaky Blinders ). These are all strong writers, but none of them have been able to give Lucasfilm why they’re looking for.

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,

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.

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,

Despite the fast-tracking of Shawn Levy’s standalone Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling in talks, the Daisy Ridley Rise of Skywalker sequel is getting another pass, this time by writer George Nolfi. Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is still attached to direct the story about Rey Skywalker,

New Jedi Order, the upcoming Star Wars movie that will see Daisy Ridley reprise her role as Rey Skywalker, has found a new writer.

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.

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,

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