Star Wars First Female Director Sets Record Straight

Star Wars: New Jedi Order’s director recently spoke on the importance of female voices in cinema.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the first ever woman to direct a Star Wars film, teased the project to CNN, saying: “I’m very thrilled about the project because I feel what we’re about to create is something very special. And we’re in 2024 now, and it’s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape a story in a galaxy far, far away.”

While Obaid-Chinoy shapes that story behind the camera, another woman shapes it on-screen. That woman is Rey, played by Daisy Ridley. She’s already confirmed for Star Wars: New Jedi Order, which is set 15 years after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

The film sees Rey attempts to build up a new Jedi Order in the aftermath of the Empire’s defeat.

Production is rumored to start in spring 2024, and with Obaid-Chinoy saying “what we’re about to create,” it certainly seems as if filming will be underway imminently.

Obaid-Chinoy isn’t the first to comment on New Jedi Order. Daisy Ridley also details the next Star Wars film.