I double-checked and so far no, Rey Film has not been confirmed as cancelled (it's been denied by Lucasfilm in an article published by ScreenRant as of a day ago). Daisy Ridley also claims she's returning, Steven Knight is working on the script, but we're way out anyway. I tried to suss out his body of work, and can't really discern anything standout - Peaky Blinders perhaps at best, but I don't recognise much else, nor can I really discern his ideology or approach to Star Wars.
A corollary of this is that an enemies-to-lovers/redemption ship in a book series which was adapted to screen got a more flattering version in the show, and I tepidly predicted this because the showrunner herself was a fan of the ship in the books. Liberties were taken in adaptation, but I cannot fault her that. Anyway, Rey Film will probably be written by committee. Imagine a soup of misogyny wearing the guise of feminism and that will be our answer. Tie-in merchandise for the robots and maybe a cursory figure of Rey or two, and if they're really trying, Rey-branded makeup palettes to help you forget the ghostly memory of your dead love of your life evil enemy who died to save you in a hilarious way of eliminating himself and your agency from the narrative killed his dad. Actually have they ever done that for SW? I know they did it for Hunger Games and Barbie which was hilarious.
Anyway it's all very 'c'mon, do something' poking SW with a stick. On a brighter note: the other night I sobbed for half an hour because of Good Storytelling, and the difference between that and TROS was a gulf. Good Storytelling makes life worth living.
Good Storytelling makes life worth living. Absolutely, anon, fucking preach. (This is me now wanting to rewatch DW S9, knowing I will be a total wreck at the end, but in an earned and cathartic way, not a rage and despair way.)
Dunno if they'd want to associate her directly with makeup after spending so much energy trying to wash the girl cooties off of her and make her acceptable to the most insecure manchildren on the planet. Jedi Nun permachildren probably shouldn't wear it, they'll get scolded by their Velvet Elvis sibling parents.
Well, that's a shame. But there's still lots of time for this to fall through. Maybe the funniest way for it to happen is for them to pull a Batgirl, actually make it, and then lock it in a basement somewhere. Watching them flounder and waste money is the most entertainment I'll get out of future Disney Wars properties.
