"The Bourne Ultimatum" writer George Nolfi will write "New Jedi Order" for Lucasfilm, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

Months after Steven Knight exited the project, writer George Nolfi has been brought on to pen the screenplay for Daisy Ridley's upcoming movie 'Star Wars: New Jedi Order'.

Daisy Ridley's "Star Wars" movie is still alive. Lucasfilm has hired George Nolfi ("The Borne Ultimatum," "Ocean's 12") to write the script for the long-gestating follow-up to 2019's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,

Despite the fast-tracking of Shawn Levy’s standalone Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling in talks to star, the Daisy Ridley Rise of Skywalker sequel is getting another pass, this time by writer George Nolfi.

The new story is said to take place 15 years after the events seen in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, with Ridley’s character now a mentor a new crop of Jedis. Damon Lindelof ( Watchmen, Lost) and Justin Britt-Gibson were the initial writers on the project,