Star Wars: New Jedi Order Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Key Facts

• Lucasfilm has hired George Nolfi (“The Borne Ultimatum”) to write the script (1/26/2025).
• Rey oversees a new class of Jedi knights.
• Screenwriter Steven Knight has departed (12/14/2024).
• Ridley confirmed she's only aware of one storyline. “I know the storyline for one film. That’s not to say that that’s all it is, but that’s what I was told about. And I imagine it will be the next film, I think. I mean, again, I don’t know, post strikes and everything, how quickly everything will start up again. But yes, so far, I know the story of one film and I think people will be very excited (12/23/2023).”
• Ridley teased the plot in a recent interview, “I’m very excited. The story is really cool. I’m waiting to read a script because, obviously, I don’t have any other updates. It’s not what I expected, but I’m very excited (12/23/2023).”
• The film's original screenwriters, Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson, left the project in February 2023 (4/8/2023).
• Rey (played by Daisy Ridley) will be the focus of the first Star Wars film since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker (4/8/2023)
• There are multiple Star Wars projects in development that could take this release date, including projects from writer/director Taika Waititi, producer Kevin Feige and a new trilogy from Rian Johnson (8/2/2020).