"The Bourne Ultimatum" writer George Nolfi will write "New Jedi Order" for Lucasfilm, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

Daisy Ridley's "Star Wars" movie is still alive. Lucasfilm has hired George Nolfi ("The Borne Ultimatum," "Ocean's 12") to write the script for the long-gestating follow-up to 2019's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,

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,

The new story is said to take place 15 years after the events seen in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, with Ridley’s character now a mentor a new crop of Jedis. Damon Lindelof ( Watchmen, Lost) and Justin Britt-Gibson were the initial writers on the project,

For about five years now, Star Wars shows on Disney+ have been the biggest way the franchise set in a galaxy far, far away has been staying afloat, with The Rise of Skywalker being the last of the released Star Wars movies in order.