Lucasfilm’s Rey Skywalker movie has gone through a few writers already with Damon Lindelof ( Watchmen ), Sharmeen Obaid-Chino , and Steven Knight ( Peaky Blinders ). These are all strong writers, but none of them have been able to give Lucasfilm why they’re looking for.

The Star Wars franchise’s upcoming New Jedi Order movie, which follows Rey as she leads a new generation of Force-users, has secured another new writer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum,

The Rey-centric Star Wars movie has had two constants: star Daisy Ridley, reprising her role from the sequel trilogy, and director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Everything else has shifted around in the great sands of Lucasfilm— including its presumed release date,

New Jedi Order, the upcoming Star Wars movie that will see Daisy Ridley reprise her role as Rey Skywalker, has found a new writer.

George Nolfi, known for his screenplay work on movies such as The Bourne Ultimatum and Ocean’s 12, has been tapped to write New Jedi Order, the Daisy Ridley-centric Star Wars movie.

George Nolfi, who previously wrote The Bourne Ultimatum, will try to figure out what the hell Rey is up to post-Rise Of Skywalker Screenshot: YouTube Disney’s total inability to get a new Star Wars movie made in the five years since The Rise Of Skywalker has gone from an oddity,

Lucasfilm has hired yet another screenwriter to bang out a new script for Star Wars: New Jedi Order. The still-in-development sci-fi sequel is set to bring back Daisy Ridley as Rey, if it can ever lock down a screenplay.

Despite what you might have heard on the internet, the Rey Skywalker movie is not dead. In fact, it just tapped George Nolfi to be its screenwriter. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the writer and director has been brought on to write the film,