STAR WARS: Damon Lindelof's Movie Took Place 60 Years After Skywalker Saga; Helen Mirren Was Eyed For Old Rey

STAR WARS: Damon Lindelof's Movie Took Place 60 Years After Skywalker Saga; Helen Mirren Was Eyed For Old Rey

New details have emerged about Damon Lindelof's scrapped plans for his Star Wars movie, including the fact it was going to be set six decades after The Rise of Skywalker, with Helen Mirren eyed for old Rey.

By JoshWilding - Apr 30, 2023 09:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: John Rocha (via SFFGazette.com)

There's been a lot of discussion surrounding Damon Lindelof's Star Wars movie this past week, especially after the filmmaker confirmed he was "asked to leave" the project. 

While the version of the movie announced at Star Wars Celebration will be set 15 years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, we recently found out that Lindelof's movie was set to revolve around an elderly Rey. Talking on John Rocha's podcast (via SFFGazette.com), insider Jeff Sneider shared a few more details about what might have been. 

Confirming Lindelof was fired, he says the story would have taken place six decades after the Skywalker Saga's conclusion, with Rey training a male and female Jedi. 

They would have been played by two Black leads, though Sneider states the male actor who has since walked away from the project was not Aquaman and Watchmen star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. 

The biggest bombshell, however, is that rather than bringing Daisy Ridley back and using VFX to make her appear older (which, let's face it, could have looked awful), Lindelof's ideal casting pick would have been Shazam! Fury of the Gods star Helen Mirren. She was never in talks for the role but was very much the prototype for what the writer wanted. 

Sneider wraps up by saying the script simply wasn't very good and casts doubt on Knight's version having much in common with Lindelof's. It also sounds like Finn wouldn't have been part of that original version, though both he and Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron may well return in this upcoming untitled project from filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

Lindelof clearly hoped to jump much further into this Galaxy's future, skipping the formation of the new Jedi Order and taking us to a point where Rey's life is nearing its end and she's in the midst of training two Jedi Knights who may have gone on to become the franchise's new leads.

That would have been one way to finally move on from the Skywalker Saga, but it's clear now that Lucasfilm had other ideas and doesn't want to gloss over the time Rey Skywalker spent trying to restore the place of Jedi as the Galaxy's protectors. 

While a release date hasn't been confirmed, we expect the movie to be released in 2025. 

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bweurk
bweurk - 4/30/2023, 9:04 PM
while younger than Mirren, i think Sigourney Weaver would be more suited to play an older Rey
Greetpack9
Greetpack9 - 4/30/2023, 9:17 PM
Who wants a movie about an Old Rey? A Rey, who isn't Daisy? Young Rey has had serious issues with the fandom. Now another actress playing Rey? Bruh!
dagenspear
dagenspear - 4/30/2023, 10:23 PM
@Greetpack9 - Why would this be a real issue?
dracula
dracula - 4/30/2023, 9:23 PM
Wouldnt be good but would better than a sequel to a crap trilogy, set only a few years later and after they said they were done with that era

At least with an old ray, it would be an obvious end of that era
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 4/30/2023, 9:26 PM
Despite the movies being awful, Rey is really popular amongst children in the Disney parks and merchandise. Time jumping and making her old in my opinion would be a slap on the face for the young girls who look up to her. Fortunately Ahsoka is gaining a lot of popularity as well so that gives kids more diversity amongst Jedi heroes. I think keeping Rey young for the time being is the best option for the young fanbase.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 4/30/2023, 10:22 PM
@SonOfAGif - Or the young girls could learn to respect older women who are still heroes.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 4/30/2023, 10:30 PM
@dagenspear - Nobody said they didn't. But Princess Leia merchandise sells for the younger audience more than Older General Leia does.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 5/1/2023, 1:17 AM
@SonOfAGif - Maybe that could be connected to General Leia not really being used much at all.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 5/1/2023, 6:31 AM
@SonOfAGif - Actually Disney sequel merchandise, including Rey stuff, is not selling well at all. Even the toy companies are weary to make them anymore cause they were sitting on the shelves and not selling. You can find a ton of it in the bargain stores now. Lucas SW stuff still sells well though.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 4/30/2023, 9:30 PM
Script was probably a banger but didnt have enough feminist elements. Every starwars trilogy has a time jump, but Kathleen Kennedy seems to have a hard on for the actress of Rey
Dingus
Dingus - 4/30/2023, 9:39 PM
@Matchesz - Your comments make me want to rip my eyeballs out.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 4/30/2023, 10:21 PM
@Matchesz - An older female hero, sounds feminist to me. Her being older wouldn't change the feminist elements.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 5/1/2023, 1:22 AM
@Dingus - my ultimate plan finally coming together
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 5/1/2023, 6:34 AM
@dagenspear - Using female heroes isn't a feminist thing, it's a human thing. Creating self-inserts of yourself and putting them in the story is a feminist trait. Or making Mary Sue characters and making every man lesser than every women is a feminist thing
dagenspear
dagenspear - 5/1/2023, 6:46 AM
@WarMonkey - I feel like both are human things.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/1/2023, 5:49 PM
@Matchesz - buddy. Rian Johnson's movie had a abuse victim (she was mind raped by Kylo in TFA) falling in love with a school shooter. Feminism was never in play.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 4/30/2023, 9:35 PM
@Feralwookiee - I'm not surprised. Zack Snyder was very open about his distaste for the source material. We are talking about a guy who wanted Bruce Wayne raped in prison at some point to build his character and eventually mold that into why he became Batman.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/30/2023, 9:42 PM
@SonOfAGif - True.
And there was his idea to have Lois Lane cuck Supes corpse by screwing Batman.

I'm glad he's gone.
dracula
dracula - 4/30/2023, 9:43 PM
@Feralwookiee - isn't that old news?

im sure its been mentioned before of him connecting amazons and even atlantians to krypton

and yet the dozens of snyder cultists treat him like the second coming
Dingus
Dingus - 4/30/2023, 10:03 PM
@Feralwookiee - Corpse? He wasnt dead at that point?
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/30/2023, 10:09 PM
@dracula - I didn't know the WW being Kryptonian thing was old news. This was the first I ever heard of it. Lol
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