Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, The Director Of The Rey Centered 'Star Wars' Movie Discusses Joining The 'Star Wars' Universe

Star Wars

Jun 22

Sharmeen with an award — Image Source: Daily Times

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who’s on board to direct the next Rey-focused Star Wars movie, sat down with Jessica Shaw to describe her experience with the franchise. She said, “Sometimes you walk in the footsteps of people and giants who’ve created worlds, and in the case of Star Wars, George Lucas’s world and the filmmakers that have walked in his footsteps have set this world that they want young viewers to sort of walk into and have an understanding of the world.” She explained that these creators want new content easily accessible to old fans and newcomers. So much of Star Wars depends on its mythology that new directors and filmmakers must balance exciting story beats and action sequences with established lore.

Obaid-Chiny continued, “At the heart of it, for me, is Rey Skywalker, is Daisy Ridley and her story and taking her on an adventure to a Jedi academy. And sort of creating a world that is a natural dovetail to the story we’ve seen her go through the last three episodes.” The director affirmed that she is in constant talks with Katheleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and JJ Abrams, and has talked with George Lucas to ensure that the new film does justice to Rey’s story. No details on the new film’s release date are known yet but viewers can catch up with Rey’s journey on Disney+.