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Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley addresses potential return as Rey

Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley has addressed the query of whether or not she would ever return to the franchise as Rey and it does not sound like she’s completely satisfied.

The actress spoke to Frozen actor Josh Gad whereas he was visitor internet hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live and when he requested whether or not she would decide up Rey’s lightsaber once more in 10 years time if requested, she advised that her character’s story is completed.

“I mean, the world is a crazy place right now,” she stated. “10 years appears an awfully great distance away. I say by no means say by no means however to me Rise of Skywalker was tied up with a bow.”

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Gad clearly wasn’t significantly impressed with that reply, joking, “I hope that we get to see your story continue 10 years from now and that you won’t be selfish”.

The star additionally spoke about her character’s familial hyperlinks in the course of the interview, revealing that Rey wasn’t at all times supposed to be the long-lost granddaughter of evil Sith Lord Emperor Palpatine.

“At the beginning there was toying with, like, an Obi-Wan connection,” she stated. “There have been completely different variations, after which it actually went to that she was no-one. Then it got here to Episode IX and JJ [Abrams] pitched me the movie, and was like, ‘Palpatine’s the grandaddy.’

“And I used to be like, ‘Awesome’. Then two weeks later he was like, ‘Oh we’re unsure.’ So it stored altering.”

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She added that she has no thought who Rey’s grandmother would have been – and it truly is anybody’s guess as as to if Palpatine had a associate again in his youthful days or whether or not he as an alternative replicated his genes in another manner.

He’s bought lots of historical past with clones in any case…

Ridley’s subsequent main mission was revealed earlier this month, with the actress set to star in Jane Anderson’s upcoming movie Women within the Castle alongside Fleabag’s Kristin Scott Thomas and Nina Hoss.

The information got here after Ridley opened up about her wrestle to search out new appearing work after Rise of Skywalker, saying, “At the beginning of the year nothing was coming through. I was like, ‘Aww! No one wants to employ me.'”

The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and your entire Skywalker Saga can be found on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K now, in addition to on Disney+, whereas Rise of Skywalker can be on Sky Cinema Premiere and NOW TV.