Simon Kinberg & Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s ‘Star Wars’ Films Could Be In Potential Conflict Over Rey Skywalker Ownership

It’s abundantly clear that the folks over at Lucasfilm are struggling to decide how to continue the world of “Star Wars” on the big screen. Outside of the ‘Mandalorian & Grogu’ film that is in the works now (but based on a TV series), there seems to be a lot of confusion about what the studio is doing with one of the biggest franchises of all time. And that’s seen in the way it’s handling the character of Rey.

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According to a new report from THR, there’s a lot of confusion over at Lucasfilm about what to do with the “Star Wars” franchise on the big screen. And the best way to illustrate that is to look at the handling of Rey Skywalker (played by Daisy Ridley). The report contends that the film projects being developed by both Simon Kinberg and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy are both said to use Rey. And if one of those projects moves forward ahead of the other, then they could create a conflict. All that to say, for example, if Kinberg’s moves ahead and begins production before Obaid-Chinoy, then the latter’s film could be nixed. All of this because Rey is said to be thought of as the only main selling point for the franchise since the end of the Skywalker Saga back in 2019. It really does sound a bit like a mess over there. 

But that’s not all of the confusion happening at Lucasfilm now. Apparently, there is a bit of an issue when it comes to communication between filmmakers. Some know what others are doing, while some have no clue.

Lucasfilm, itself, seems unsure about what is going to happen with the “Star Wars” franchise on film. The films that have been announced are all seemingly one-off projects and don’t actually plot a course for what the new face of “Star Wars” looks like. In the report, it’s described in biblical terms, with the Original Trilogy being the Old Testament, and everyone has been trying to figure out what to do with the New Testament. 

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One area where things seem to be moving along quite swimmingly is on TV. The report claims that TV is given a lot more freedom to try new things, which is why we’ve seen things like “The Acolyte,” “Andor,” and “Ahsoka” all being made. 

Overall, it’s difficult to know exactly what’s going on at Lucasfilm. The studio keeps developing “Star Wars” projects but none of them seemingly get off the ground. We’ll just have to see which ones actually go into production first.