RUMOR: Rey Star Wars Movie Title and Synopsis Revealed?

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If you had any preconceived notions of what the upcoming Rey-centric Star Wars movie would be like… they were probably right. Screenrant was the first to report an entry in Production Weekly, a sort of want ad section for movie and TV productions, that reveals the title and synopsis of the film; you can see the entry for yourself at Word of Reel. It will be called Star Wars: New Jedi Order, and here’s what it will be about:

“Set roughly 15 years after Rey’s victory over Palpatine at the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The sequel delves into Rey’s courageous endeavor to restore the Jedi Order, where she assumes the role of a mentor to two promising young students – a girl and a boy. As her training progresses, it becomes evident that the girl possesses extraordinary abilities, destined to emerge as the future leader.”

You couldn’t generate a synopsis that on-the-nose if you typed “Star Wars,” “Rey,” “Disney,” and “Kathleen Kennedy” into an AI program. It begins with what we knew already: Rey will be doing what Luke should have been doing and rebuilding the Jedi, only she will, of course, succeed where he failed. Where it really gets awesome – if you look at this as a sort of tragic comedy, which is the only way to enjoy Star Wars anymore – is when it describes Rey’s first two apprentices. One is a boy and one is a girl, but the girl has “extraordinary abilities” and will become “the future leader.” There’s no further mention of the boy because he’s probably the villain; Rey will show up to kill him in the middle of the night like Luke did to Kylo Ren, only unlike that useless patriarch, she’ll succeed, and it will have been the right thing to do. Then maybe Palpatine will return. (Just kidding; Rey killed him last time, so you know he’s dead for sure.)

Gizmodo claims this synopsis is not real, according to “a source at Lucasfilm,” who tells them the only accurate information in it is that Rey will be reforming the Jedi. Maybe that’s true, but it seems odd that Production Weekly would run false information like that. They’re not a news or rumor magazine; they just post job opportunities. And let’s be real; this sounds exactly like something Disney Star Wars would do, perfectly in line with “The Force is Female.” And Gizmodo and Screenrant both love it; Gizmodo says it “[s]ounds awesome,” and Screenrant thinks it “sounds very exciting.” So the entertainment media sites are at least hedging their bets in case it turns out to be true. At any rate, having a Production Weekly entry indicates that at least one of the three announced Star Wars movies is happening.