A decade isn’t really such a long time ago, but it feels like ages ago if you’re a Star Wars fan who’s lived through the many highs and lows of the franchise since Disney acquired the rights to George Lucas‘ empire. That must go double for Daisy Ridley, who in that span of time has […]
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A decade isn’t really such a long time ago, but it feels like ages ago if you’re a Star Wars fan who’s lived through the many highs and lows of the franchise since Disney acquired the rights to George Lucas‘ empire. That must go double for Daisy Ridley, who in that span of time has not only starred in a trilogy of Skywalker films—while experiencing all the good and the bad that comes with landing a role of that cultural magnitude—but also several more intimate indies, including the well-regarded Magpie and Sometimes I Think About Dying. Now she’s also a John McClane-style action hero in this month’s Martin Campbell-directed thriller Cleaner.
Yet, just 10 years on from her big-screen debut as Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ridley is set to return to the massive spectacle of the galaxy far, far away. Set 15 years after the end of The Rise of Skywalker, the still-in-development New Jedi Order movie will see Ridley play an older and wiser Rey, now a Jedi Master ready to guide the next generation of young lightsaber-wielding heroes.
The script is still being penned—originally by Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson, then by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, and now by George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum). In the meantime, Ridley has had plenty of time to reflect on the legacy of Rey and what the character means to her a decade after she first hit the screen.
“[Rey] is a part of a beautiful whole, and being part of that is wonderful,” Ridley tells Den of Geek. “The character is beautiful and has resonated with people and continues to. I also think of the Star Wars world as [this] f
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