In truth, Ridley seemed to have a fair amount of confidence in her abilities as a performer. Speaking further, she revealed that she’s confident that she will feel differently when she’s actually on set whenever production begins. For Ridley, there’s familiarity in Rey, but this project offers a lot of new challenges as well:
“I think I’ll maybe be not as terrified on the first day but there is a certain amount of, ‘What if I can’t do it?’ All of the ‘What ifs?’ are very strange. But I am excited about the story. As you say, a lot has happened in my life and my career. So I feel like a different performer. I feel like a different person … So I’m curious. And also working with a new director. But also it’s like, what discoveries will we make? It’s all, at this time, to be discovered and I’m excited – nervous really – to see how it goes.”
Very little has been said of the story but Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy discussed it in broad strokes last year, telling IGN: “The Jedi are in disarray, and there’s a lot of discussion around who are the Jedi, what are they doing, what’s the state of the galaxy? And (Rey is) attempting to rebuild the Jedi Order based on the books, based on what she promised Luke.”
This is also just one of several new “Star Wars” movies in development at the moment. Mando and Grogu will be making the jump to the big screen in the aptly titled “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” which is expected to hit theaters in 2026. “Logan” director James Mangold is also working on a movie set at the very beginnings of the Jedi Order, and “Star Wars” animation veteran Dave Filoni is also helming a film set within the “Mandalorian” universe.
The “Star Wars” New Jedi Order movie does not yet have a confirmed release date.
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