Daisy Ridley talks about why she said yes to returning to the role of Rey in STAR WARS

He announced it last spring Margaret Ridley she had signed on to return to the role of Rey Skywalker, which she played in the final trilogy of The Skywalker Saga. The new film, entitled Star Wars: New Jedi Orderis directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel) , AND Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) is writing the film. In the last few months we have had dubious information regarding the project, with hitches regarding the script, which was supposed to be delivered last November, but apparently is not finished yet, and confirmation that although this was supposed to be the next film of Star Wars that we would have seen, was postponed for the director Jon Favreau’S Mandalorian and Grogu movie, which is more on track.

Ridley previously teased her next film, calling it “not what I expected” and “something very special,” and now she’s speaking out about what inspired her to sign on to return.

In an interview with AlloCiné (via SFFGazette.com), Ridley shared what she knows about her next Star Wars film and confirmed that the story’s premise, even without a script in front of her, was enough to convince her to return to the Rey’s shoes. .

“It was actually very last minute. I was actually shooting my movie last year, and Kathy Kennedy said she wanted to have breakfast. And I thought we were just having breakfast. So there I was, having breakfast, and she walks away ‘Oh, by the way, we could do another one.’ And I was like, “Okay…” So I thought about it a little bit and once I knew what the story was and everything I knew, it was something I really wanted to do. I think it’s a really cool exploration of world The world of Star Wars. It’s a really cool way to take the story in a little bit of a different direction.”

It’s nice to know there’s a solid original story, but it makes you wonder why nine months later, a script still hasn’t been completed. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.