An upcoming Star Wars movie probably won't start filming soon after landing new behind-the-scenes talent, but is this a bad thing?

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.

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,

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,

Despite the fast-tracking of Shawn Levy’s standalone Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling in talks, the Daisy Ridley Rise of Skywalker sequel is getting another pass, this time by writer George Nolfi. Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is still attached to direct the story about Rey Skywalker,

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.

The ‘Ocean’s Twelve’ scribe is the latest writer aboard to tackle ‘New Jedi Order,’ with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy still on board to direct the movie.

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,

For about five years now, Star Wars shows on Disney+ have been the biggest way the franchise set in a galaxy far, far away has been staying afloat, with The Rise of Skywalker being the last of the released Star Wars movies in order.