If you believe some of the headlines today, it’s all doom and gloom regarding the fate of “Star Wars” in the cinema following last night’s news of writer Steven Knight exiting the “New Jedi Order” project. Knight marks the latest departed writer from the project which has Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy set to direct and will feature Daisy Ridley reprising her role of Rey from the sequel trilogy. Out promoting her new film “Magpie,” Ridley is not particularly fussed by Knight’s exit at all it seems.
Talking with , the site says the actress “seemed unbothered” by the news, putting it down to being part of the process. The actress also shot down the talk of the film being delayed from a Christmas 2026 release date because she indicates that’s not their date and they don’t have one yet: “We don’t have a date..
. I think the creative process is one that is really a journey.” To that effect, she indicates Lucasfilm is not rushing the project and is taking the time to get it right: “I’m really genuinely excited.
And I have said I’m very excited, but I really do mean I’m excited about what’s coming. And I think we really have the luxury of making sure that this is the right..
. When everything is ready to go, we will be going, and it’s very – yeah, it’s good.” She was also amusingly asked if she would appear in the upcoming “Spaceballs” sequel in development at Amazon MGM Studios to which she laughed and said: “A friend of mine is – I do.
