Another day, another rumor of a Star Wars project being delayed or perhaps even shut down entirely. According to a tidbit from industry insider Daniel Richtman, Lucasfilm will not be shooting the Rey-centric film Star Wars: The New Jedi Order this year, and that the project is reportedly “on hold,” until the script shakes out. Like all Star Wars rumors, we should take this with a Sarlacc-sized grain of salt, because there has been no confirmation one way or another on when this movie would start production. A movie can’t be delayed if its release timeline was never really made clear.
However, it’s been a full year since Star Wars Celebration 2023 revealed the existence of Daisy Ridley’s Rey movie, and recently, the only Star Wars film to get an actual release date is The Mandalorian & Grogu, which is currently filming and scheduled to hit theaters on May 22, 2026. But, according to Daisy Ridley as recently as September of this year, she hasn’t seen an actual script for New Jedi Order, though she has stressed that the idea pitched to her is a “story worth telling.”
