Star Wars Rey Film Loses Peaky Blinders Creator

After years of getting an meeting line of Star Wars motion pictures and TV exhibits, the galaxy far, distant feels prefer it’s slowing down. A beforehand introduced—however nonetheless untitled—spin-off starring Daisy Ridley’s Rey from the Pressure Awakens trilogy is the newest venture to hit snags. The film has reportedly misplaced one other author, and this time it’s the creator of Netflix’s Peaky Blinders.

Puck Information experiences (through Gamesradar) that Steven Knight, the top author behind the Cillian Murphy interval crime drama sequence, is the newest author to stroll away from the upcoming Star Wars film, and its plot following what occurs to Rey after the final numbered sequel, Rise of the Skywalker. This is able to put a possible December 2026 launch for the film in query.

Knight had be tapped to jot down the film after Damon Lindelof (Misplaced, Watchmen) and Justin Britt-Gibson (The Pressure) departed the venture again in 2023, after handing over a script earlier that 12 months. A number of different Star Wars motion pictures bought shelved round that point.

The film, which is meant to focus on Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order over a decade after the occasions on the finish of Episode 9, was revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2023 with documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy set to direct. She’s nonetheless concerned, however Star Wars Celebration skipped 2024 and there was no actual replace on the standing of the movie at Disney’s D23 fan fest occasion both.

Daisy Ridley appears assured issues will nonetheless pan out for the venture. “Issues are evolving,” she informed Collider at a Q&A lately. “I proceed to be very excited. There will probably be an replace quickly.” Within the meantime, the subsequent Star Wars look on the large display will probably be The Mandalorian & Grogu, an alternative to a canned fourth season of the present, that sadly received’t hit theaters till Might 2026.