Daisy Ridley will reprise role as Jedi Rey in one of three new Star Wars films

Daisy Ridley will reprise her role as Rey (PA)

Daisy Ridley will reprise her role as the Jedi Knight Rey in a new live-action Star Wars film, it has been announced.

The film, directed by Ms Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, will be set after the events of 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, and see Rey build a new Jedi Order after the apparent defeat of the dark forces in her last movie.