We’ve felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Or, in other words, we’ve got some less-than-great news on one of our most hotly anticipated new Star Wars movies. You know that new Rey movie with Daisy Ridley that was announced at Star Wars Celebration last year? The one being directed by Ms. Marvel‘s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and written by Steven Knight? Well, according to Variety‘s reporting, Knight has cancelled his trip to a galaxy far, far away and won’t be penning the picture after all.

Having previously replaced Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson on the project, which is set 15 years after the events of The Rise Of Skywalker, news of Knight’s departure comes as production ramps up on the prolific writer’s Peaky Blinders movie starring Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan. We’ve no word on the reason for Knight’s exit…

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