While promoting her indie movie,Sometimes I think About Dying, Daisy Ridley was asked about all the news that was fit to print about theStar Warsfranchise that she was the center of for the sequel trilogy.
WhenStar Wars: The Force Awakens- the newly announced movie Lucasfilm and Disney put out after George Lucas' big sale to the company in 2012- came around, fans had great expectations for it. It was being directed by J.J. Abrams, written by Lawrence Kasdan (the man behindRaiders of the Lost Ark), and there wasn’t going to be anymention of Jar-Jar Binks, whose Jar-Jar stink had never left the prequels after his disastrousEpisode 1introduction.
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At the center of the new trilogy was Ridley’s Rey, who concluded herStar Warsjourney inThe Rise of Skywalker. However, rumors and talk of her return to the franchise persist. During an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, Ridley was asked about the rumors claiming she might have arole in Damon Lindelof’sStar Warsproject. Ridley said she loved her experience but has no idea what the future has in store for her lone Jedi character. “I really don’t know if there are plans. I just don’t know," she said. “But ultimately, I loved my experience, I loved what I got to do and I love the people I got to work with. So, should that happen again, even once, amazing.”
It’s great that Ridley has such fond memories of her time working on the biggest sci-fi franchise of all time. However, it’s odd that no one from Lucasfilm has been in contact with her, especially since all signs inThe Mandalorian’s post-Return of the Jeditimeline, in which the imperial remnants desperately want to get ahold of Grogu, the baby-Yoda alien with the crazy high midichlorian count, speaks to the cloning of the Emperor that anchoredRise of the Skywalker.Some fans believe this is the “Somehow,” part of Poe Dameron’s (Oscar Isaac) statement, “Somehow, Palpatine returned.”
Lucasfilm is working on moreStar Warsentries, and so isThe Last Jedidirector Rian Johnson, for some time after he gets tired of making Benoit Blanc mysteries for Netflix. The new trilogy isn’t a fan-favourite, but it is the one Lucasfilm and Disney are sticking with, having built an entire theme park dedicated to the post-RotJera ofStar Wars. It’s unknown if that continuing universe will have any room for Ridley’s Rey “Nobody” Skywalker, the last surviving Jedi who put down the Emperor for good and took on the surname of her previous teachers, Luke and Leia Skywalker. As she adventures across the galaxy, only time will tell if that franchise will return to the scavenger that could as she traverses the new galactic order thatThe Force Awakensestablished.
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