Last week, actress Daisy Ridley made some interesting comments about her future in theStar Warsfranchise, claiming that she wasdone playing Rey after Star Wars 9. That made quite a few headlines, with the actress claiming that she’ll be done playing Rey after this current trilogy, but it seems that isn’t the case. During a new interview, Daisy Ridley revealed that she was misquoted at the end of a long day of doing press.
“Misquoted. I was misquoted. I was asked, by the way, at the end of a very long day, at the end of a very long shoot, I was asked how I felt going forward. And I said, in my mind, the story finishes atEpisode IX. To me, Star Wars is in threes. [Episodes] 4, 5, 6; 1, 2, 3; 7, 8, 9. So, for me, that’s what I was signing on to; VII, VIII, IX. So that’s really what I was answering. And I think, for now I’m not saying forever.”
What’s interesting is that this clarification comes after director Rian Johnson confirmed that hisnew Star Wars trilogyis not, in fact, connected to the current movies likeStar Wars: The Force Awakens, this month’sStar Wars: The Last Jediand 2019’sStar Wars 9, which closes out this trilogy. While no release dates for this trilogy have been given, it seems likely that the studio will be focusing on this new trilogy afterStar Wars 9, along with a new slate of spin-offs, with rumors surfacing that new spin-offs could focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett and Yoda, but the next spin-off, presumably slated for 2020, has not yet been confirmed.
Even if this newStar Warstrilogy doesn’t focus on these characters, that doesn’t mean we’ll see the last ofDaisy Ridley’s Rey. Now that this new timeline has been established, decades after the events ofStar Wars: Return of the Jedi, it’s possible that there could be spin-offs set within this time frame.Star Wars: The Last Jediwill be the onlyStar Warsmovie to be set directly after the events of the previous movie, with all of the otherStar Warsmovies given a considerable time gap between movies, but with literally no time gap betweenThe Force AwakensandThe Last Jedi, it may make it tricky to set spin-offs within that time period. It’s possible that there will be a time jump betweenThe Last JediandStar Wars 9, but that has yet to be confirmed.
Fans still have, at the very least, two moreStar Wars moviesfeaturing Rey, one of which will certainly reveal the identity of Rey’s parents, which has been one of the biggest questions fans have been trying to answer since the release ofThe Force Awakens. The actress made this clarification in an interview withComicBook.com. Hopefully we’ll be learning much more about her future within theStar Warsfranchise soon.
