STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER Writer George Nolfi On Honoring The Franchise And Potentially Exploring Politics

STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER Writer George Nolfi On Honoring The Franchise And Potentially Exploring Politics

Following the news that The Adjustment Bureau's George Nolfi will pen the latest draft of Star Wars: New Jedi Order for Lucasfilm, the filmmaker has opened up on his approach to the storied franchise.

By JoshWilding - Feb 04, 2025 04:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Film Stories (via SFFGazette.com)

Since the movie was first announced at Star Wars Celebration in 2023, it's become increasingly difficult to keep track of the writers who have worked on Lucasfilm's widely touted movie revolving around Daisy Ridley's Rey.

Last month, the news broke that George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) has signed up to give director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's New Jedi Order tale another rewrite.

The filmmaker, who penned Ocean's TwelveThe Bourne Ultimatum, and wrote and directed The Banker, was among those eyed to helm 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier but this will be his most high-profile project to date.

Talking to Film Stories, Nolfi confirmed his involvement with the upcoming Star Wars movie and detailed his approach to heading into a Galaxy Far, Far Away. 

"The way I approach it is, you look at what’s come before you, you look at the broad ideas of what they want to do. Meaning: Lucasfilm, Disney, Sharmeen [Obaid-Chinoy], the director, and then you do what a writer does, and try to try and put beats of a story together," he explained. "Try and imagine characters, and then you present that with an understanding that it needs to honour, obviously, a long, incredible tradition."

As for the challenges a large canvas that a Star Wars movie presents, Nolfi addressed the notion of potentially delving into the Galaxy's politics like George Lucas before him (however, he has no intention to use the movie to preach to fans based on the comments below). 

"If you think about George Lucas, the six movies that he did, and the universe that he created, it’s actually very steeped in broad notions of politics," the writer said. "It’s not talking about today, per se, but there’s the Empire’s Nazism slash Roman Empire."

"The democracy of the Roman Empire collapsing and becoming an empire and the perennial story of human beings organising themselves and against chaos, and then the tools that help human societies tamp down on chaos becomes oppression."

"So that is really very core to what I think George Lucas was trying to talk about," Nofli continued. "And one of the wonderful things about science fiction and Star Wars - which is more almost science fantasy or space opera - is that you can raise the deepest issues without it feeling like a philosophy class, or a political science class, or something I read in the newspaper today."

We've previously heard that the movie will revolve around Rey, now a Jedi Master, looking to create a new Jedi Order while attempting to combat the dark forces that rise up to stop her. 

As noted, Ms. Marvel director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy remains attached to direct this "New Jedi Order" movie which is, for all intents and purposes, Episode X. The expectation is that it will serve as an epilogue to the divisive sequel trilogy which may go some way in redeeming the questionable creative decisions made in those movies. 

As always, keep checking back here for updates as we have them.

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dracula
dracula - 2/4/2025, 4:13 PM
So more taxes and trade federations
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 4:14 PM
@dracula -

Read my lips.

No.

New.

Taxes.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 2/4/2025, 4:26 PM
@dracula - i mean, tariffs are kinda awesome as we already prove these days
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 2/4/2025, 7:54 PM
@dracula -

Please, the dude was into something
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 4:14 PM
Oh Disney will always explore politics in everything.

Can't wait for the Trump proxies and bad White men.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 2/4/2025, 4:27 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - The Trump proxie is already Obdi Wand as the elder bringing back good values against an empire and Elon Musk is Luke, the new blood fixing the wrongs
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 7:39 PM
@Malatrova15 -

My man.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/5/2025, 8:37 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - You didn't read what he had to say did you?
UncleHarm1
UncleHarm1 - 2/5/2025, 9:42 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Star Wars has been political for 50 years and the bad guys are all white men. The empire is America, though visually designed to evoke Nazis. There's literally an evil character named after Newt Gingrich.

Hate to break it to you but George Lucas himself made an anti-Trump ad.

https://www.forcematerial.com/home/2016/11/30/the-inspiration-behind-george-lucas-anti-trump-ad
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 2/4/2025, 4:17 PM
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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 7:42 PM
@HashTagSwagg -

Too bad about 45% of Americans don't.
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 2/5/2025, 6:03 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - they should go live somewhere without it.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/5/2025, 8:41 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Most Americans don't, if they voted for Trump. He instigated an uprising on democracy on January 6th.
His voters are anti-patriotic they are staunchly against the country of the United States of America and want to return it to the Confederate States of America.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 2/4/2025, 4:22 PM
"Exploring Politics" phuck yeah, it about time Disney started to get POLITICALLY Political.
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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 7:41 PM
@harryba11zack -

Sha'Gii bodied Rey Palpatine.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 2/4/2025, 4:26 PM
Its very easy to honor the franchise....forget the Rey part and then we are good
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 7:48 PM
@Malatrova15 -

Don't make White men the majority of human villains, and anyone who aren't White men the majority of heroes...

Don't have women conceiving babies without men...

Don't have 110 lb. girlbosses...

Don't have people saying things like Rose says...

Don't have fan fic thirst traps, unless they're Ackbar...
DocSpock
DocSpock - 2/4/2025, 4:43 PM

It's easy to honor the franchise. Except for Rogue One, forget everything that has happened in the last 40 years and start over.

MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 7:50 PM
@DocSpock -

I have to throw in Rogue One with the vast majority of post 1983 Star Wars that is non canon to me. I'm okay with bits and pieces of books, comics, video games, movies, etc.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 2/4/2025, 8:07 PM
@DocSpock - I second that motion.
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 2/5/2025, 6:05 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - at least Rogue One was watchable and certain episodes of Mandalorian... The rest? thumbs down.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/5/2025, 8:48 AM
@AgentofSH1ELD - Is it watchable though? If I ever put it on again, I'm skipping to the third act immediately. Life's too short to watch the first two acts of Rogue One ever again.
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 2/5/2025, 11:34 AM
@ObserverIO - 3rd act is the best...
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/4/2025, 4:55 PM
It seems like he wants to give it the Andor treatment since the themes & topics he’s talking about are being explored in that show or moreso that he wants to talk about deeper issues & ideas through his story like Lucas did in his eyes (which is pretty much any narrative lol)…

Either way , it sounds good and I would be down to see it!!.
WelcomeBackFrank
WelcomeBackFrank - 2/4/2025, 4:58 PM
Once again, Hollywood doesn’t get it.

Just give us rousing space operas/adventures. That’s it. This must love keeping Trump living rent free in their heads.
Asterisk
Asterisk - 2/4/2025, 7:36 PM
@WelcomeBackFrank - they’ve quite literally done that with Star Wars for ten years now. That’s all they’ve done at least cinematically. George’s vision for Star Wars was much more than that.
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 2/4/2025, 7:52 PM
@WelcomeBackFrank -

You've just described the sequels
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 8:25 PM
Asterisk and Rastarapha,

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Cleander
Cleander - 2/4/2025, 5:47 PM
Considering Rogue One and Andor Tony Gilroy explores politics. Hiring a writer that worked with him isnt going to make Rey any more political or palatable to Star Wars target audience. Rey Palpatine myth-making is as toothless as Mon Mothma's form of "rebellion"
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 2/4/2025, 6:02 PM
I always liked the politics in Star Wars. And can't really go without it when the word "wars" in the very title. New Jedi/Republic relations could be interesting
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/4/2025, 7:09 PM
@bkmeijer1 - yeah

Having a story so enmeshed in politics while Rey tries to keep the Order seperate from all that could be interesting
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 2/4/2025, 6:04 PM
“And Potentially Exploring Politics”

Great idea. That was everyone’s favorite part of the prequels.
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 2/4/2025, 7:50 PM
@JustAWaffle -

That's what was cruelly lacking in the sequels*
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 7:56 PM
@JustAWaffle -

The prequels

The "sequels"

The Acolyte
S8R8M
S8R8M - 2/4/2025, 6:04 PM
I am going to save my money.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 7:57 PM
@S8R8M -

Millions of Star Wars fans will.

It's the plan of Bob Iger and his masters.
S8R8M
S8R8M - 2/5/2025, 1:59 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - I had a feeling you would reply.

McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/4/2025, 6:14 PM
The real writer got fired for having a voice and this yes man was brought on to make the Rey film Kennedy and co desire. This is the film where Rey finishes stealing Luke Skywalker's legacy (the one we never got to see on screen). You can bet your bottom dollar she kept his last name too.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 2/4/2025, 7:11 PM
@McMurdo - Rey didn't steal anything she doesn't exist. In narrative, Kylo destroyed and took it all from him. Rey kinda just stumbled upon the remnants and took them from there.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/5/2025, 12:40 AM
@dagenspear - technically the sequels are all fan fiction anyways
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