Star Wars Fans, Brace for a Long Wait: Daisy Ridley Says No Rey Movie News Before 2027
Patience is the new marching order: officials urge a jittery public to hold its nerve as high-stakes decisions loom.
Star Wars update time, and it is not the one you were hoping for. If you were waiting on official news about the promised Rey movie, start thinking long game.
So when are we hearing about Rey again?
Daisy Ridley was asked by USA Today how likely it is we get an update this year. Her answer was honest and pretty telling:
"Maybe. I don't know about 2026. In the future sometime, yeah."
Read between the lines and you get this: if she is unsure about 2026, the first realistic window for meaningful news is 2027. Not exactly lightspeed.
What the Rey movie is supposed to be
Lucasfilm and Disney announced the project at Star Wars Celebration 2023: a post-"Rise of Skywalker" story following Rey as she tries to build a new Jedi Order. They even named a director right out of the gate, "Ms. Marvel" filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Since then? Quiet.
Back in December, Ridley told IGN she has seen scripts over the years that felt like "maybe they will actually happen" after a long wait, and she underscored how massive and slow the process of getting any film off the ground can be. The encouraging part: she says strong creative voices are involved on the Rey movie and believes the wait will be worth it. That tracks with the silence we are getting now.
Timeline at a glance
- Star Wars Celebration 2023: Lucasfilm announces a new Rey-led film set after "The Rise of Skywalker," with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directing.
- December: Ridley describes the huge hurdles of getting films made, but says the team on the Rey project gives her confidence the wait will pay off.
- Now: Asked by USA Today if an update is coming this year, Ridley says "Maybe" and adds "I don't know about 2026," which basically punts real news to 2027 at the earliest.
Meanwhile, Ridley is fighting zombies
While the galaxy far, far away stays on pause, Ridley is headlining Zak Hilditch's new horror movie "We Bury the Dead." She plays Ava, a physical therapist who travels from the U.S. to Australia to search for her missing husband after a zombie outbreak. Not a lightsaber in sight, but plenty of brain-munchers.