First Particulars of Rey Skywalker ‘Star Wars’ Film Revealed

At Star Wars Celebration, we received the bulletins we have been in search of: Three new Star Wars motion pictures on the horizon. There’s a movie concerning the origins of the Jedi by James Mangold, a film that may Avengers-ize the Star Wars Disney+ TV Universe by Dave Filoni, and a direct sequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker from Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, starring Daisy Ridley as Rey Skywalker.

The official announcement didn’t embody way more details about the movies than that, however Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy spilled a couple of further particulars to Selection, together with some clarifying data on precisely when the film will happen — 15 years after the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker. (Earlier than you do the mathematics in your head: That film got here out in theaters lower than 4 years in the past.)

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As Kennedy put it:

We’re 15 years out from ‘Rise of Skywalker,’ so we’re post-war, post-First Order, and the Jedi are in disarray. There’s a number of dialogue round, ‘Who’re the Jedi? What are they doing? What’s the state of the galaxy?’ She’s trying to rebuild the Jedi Order, primarily based on the books, primarily based on what she promised Luke, in order that’s the place we’re going.

She didn’t verify some other members of the sequel trilogy forged showing on this new movie, however she hinted that we might see an look from Luke Skywalker in some type. (“I don’t know if we’ll spend a number of time in flashbacks or [on] Power ghosts or issues like that,” she stated “however definitely, the spirit of what he represents to her goes to be vital.”)

The following Star Wars film was scheduled to be launched in theaters on December 19, 2025. It’s assumed this Rey Skywalker movie might doubtlessly be the undertaking to fill that launch date on the Disney schedule.