Daisy Ridley’s “Star Wars” movie is still alive. Lucasfilm has hired George Nolfi (“The Borne Ultimatum,” “Ocean’s 12”) to write the script for the long-gestating follow-up to 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,

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.

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,

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 hiring signals continued faith in the project,

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,

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