New Jedi Order movie recently hired a writer who appears eager to explore a topic George Lucas examined throughout the franchise.

Naomi Ackie, who played stormtrooper-turned-freedom-fighter Jannah in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, would be open to reprising the role in the upcoming New Jedi Order movie. While at the Sundance Film Festival to promote her new film Sorry,

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.

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 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,

A new Star Wars movie centered around Rey is in the works, though it's been in development for some time. The latest update is George Nolfi boarding the movie as a new writer, replacing Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight,

We know at least one Star Wars movie is coming, as The Mandalorian and Grogu has completed filming. Another upcoming Star Wars movie, set after the events of The Rise of Skywalker

Screenwriter George Nolfi reveals how George Lucas is inspiring his work on the upcoming Star Wars: New Jedi Order movie, which will star Daisy Ridley