Lucasfilm’s Rey Skywalker movie has gone through a few writers already with Damon Lindelof ( Watchmen ), Sharmeen Obaid-Chino , and Steven Knight ( Peaky Blinders ). These are all strong writers, but none of them have been able to give Lucasfilm why they’re looking for.

The Rey-centric Star Wars movie has had two constants: star Daisy Ridley, reprising her role from the sequel trilogy, and director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Everything else has shifted around in the great sands of Lucasfilm— including its presumed release date,

Despite the fast-tracking of Shawn Levy’s standalone Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling in talks, the Daisy Ridley Rise of Skywalker sequel is getting another pass, this time by writer George Nolfi. Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is still attached to direct the story about Rey Skywalker,