Though it’s not formally scheduled but on the upcoming Star Wars films slate, Daisy Ridley’s large display return as Rey continues to be within the works, with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directing and George Nolfi writing the script as of January 2025. The untitled film will observe Rey 15 years after the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker as she types a brand new Jedi Order. Coming a lot sooner, nevertheless, is a narrative shedding extra gentle on what occurred to the character after The Final Jedi, and it sounds intriguing.
Lucasfilm has introduced Star Wars: The Jaws of Jakku, an Audible Unique that shall be launched on Thursday, October 9. Clocking in at three hours and 53 minutes, this audio e book, which is written by Cavan Scott and narrated by Helen Sadler, follows Rey returning to Jakku and seeking to have a breakthrough together with her Jedi coaching. Upon arriving on the desert planet with Finn and BB-8 in tow, she meets a younger woman who’s on a harmful mission to save lots of her household. This trio of Sequel Trilogy will embark into Jakku’s “pitch-black tunnels” beneath the sands and run into varied threats to assist the woman accomplish her goal.
This received’t be the primary time Star Wars followers have had the chance to test in on Rey between The Final Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. The novel Resistance Reborn beforehand highlighted her as one of many few remaining survivors of the Resistance who was touring across the galaxy making an attempt to regrow their ranks. Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron additionally starred in Spark of the Resistance, which noticed them occurring a rescue mission to the remoted planet of Minfar.
Star Wars: The Jaws of Jakku, nevertheless, shall be a extra private story for Rey. Not solely is she returning to the planet she grew up on, she’ll make important progress together with her Jedi coaching throughout this time, organising the place we discover her at first of The Rise of Skywalker. It’s additionally the second approach Jakku has just lately been spotlighted, because the trio of comedian e book restricted collection Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising and Battle of Jakku — Republic Below Siege and Battle of Jakku – Final Stand, chronicled the ultimate battle within the Galactic Civil Battle, together with why Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa didn’t take part in it.
The Jaws of Jakku would be the Star Wars franchise’s fourth Audible Unique, following Padawan’s Pleasure, Seeds of Starlight and Haunted Starlight, with the latter two being set through the Excessive Republic period. Though previous Star Wars audio books have later been become novels, like 2019’s Dooku: Jedi Misplaced, it’s unclear if that can occur with any of those Audible Originals following a interval of exclusivity. Additionally arriving subsequent month is the YA e book The Final Order, which can observe Finn and Jannah monitoring down a ship stuffed with younger passengers which were kidnapped by The First Order after The Rise of Skywalker.
So far as Star Wars films go, the movie collection set in a galaxy far, distant will resume when The Mandalorian & Grogu is launched on Might 22, 2026. After that’s the Ryan Gosling-led Starfighter, which is ready to come back out in 2027.