Overview
- Industry reports published Sept. 27–28 name Jon Watts as the intended director for the first film and Simon Kinberg as the screenplay writer.
- Those reports say Daisy Ridley is being considered to reprise Rey, though no casting has been confirmed by Lucasfilm or Disney.
- Lucasfilm has not officially greenlit the trilogy and the project remains in development with budget and production timing unresolved.
- Watts brings mainstream box-office credentials from the Spider-Man films and prior Star Wars work on the Disney+ series Skeleton Crew.
- Coverage contains conflicting timelines about how long Kinberg has been attached, and the trilogy’s fate will depend on Disney’s formal approval and how it fits with other studio releases such as Starfighter in May 2027.