Daisy Ridley’s new Star Wars movie will take her character’s story in a “different direction”.

The British actress revealed during an interview with AlloCiné that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy floated the idea of a fourth Rey outing during a breakfast meeting and she accepted the role after giving the story some thought.

“So I thought about it for a little bit, and once I knew what the story was and everything, I knew it was something I really wanted to do,” the 31-year-old said. “I think it’s a really fantastic exploration of the Star Wars world. It’s a really cool way of taking the story on in a bit of a different direction.”

Daisy played Rey in 2015’s Star Wars: Force Awakens, 2017’s The Last Jedi and 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker. The next film, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, will be called New Jedi Order and set 15 years after the most recent trilogy.

In November, Daisy told Collider that she hadn’t yet read a script but the story was “not what (she) expected”.

When asked if it will kickstart a new trilogy, she replied, “I know the storyline for one film. That’s not to say that that’s all it is, but that’s what I was told about.

“And I imagine it will be the next film, I think. I mean, again, I don’t know, post strikes and everything, how quickly everything will start up again. But yes, so far, I know the story of one film and I think people will be very excited.”

Daisy’s co-stars have yet to be announced.

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