‘Star Wars’: New Movies from James Mangold, Dave Filoni in the Works | THR News - video Dailymotion

And Daisy Ridley will star in one from Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

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00:00Three new Star Wars movies are in the works, and one stars Daisy Ridley as Rey.

00:05After several years of Star Wars focusing on TV shows, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy

00:10announced at Star Wars Celebration in London that three new feature films are on the way,

00:15from directors James Mangold, Dave Filoni, and Charmaine Obeyed Chinoy, respectively.

00:21It was also revealed with great fanfare that Ridley is heading back to a galaxy far, far away

00:25to star in the movie to be helmed by Obeyed Chinoy.

00:28The actress said she is, quote, thrilled to be continuing this journey.

00:32The film starring Ridley is to be set 15 years after the events of Rise of Skywalker, the last Star Wars movie.

00:38What, uh, what are you doing there, 3PO?

00:42Taking one last look, sir, at my friends.

00:49Meanwhile, Mangold's movie will be set in the deep past.

00:53The director described his project as a biblical epic that would look at the origins of the Force,

00:58and be set 25,000 years before any of the timelines and stories told by the movies and shows so far.

01:05And Filoni's feature is to be set in the so-called present,

01:08as it will act as a climactic event for the current Star Wars series,

01:12The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and the upcoming Ahsoka.

01:15No timeline on the release of the three films was given.

01:18For much more from Star Wars Celebration, head to THR.com.

01:22For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.