It’s been over ten years for the reason that sequel trilogy kicked off with 2015’s “The Drive Awakens.” It was instantly adopted by 2017’s controversial “The Final Jedi” and 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” the final “Star Wars” movie launched in theaters. That’s about to alter when “The Mandalorian & Grogu” hits theaters on Could 22, however it takes place years earlier than the occasions of the sequel trilogy. In honor of Could the 4th, or Star Wars Day, let’s have a look again at a number of the main stars from the sequel trilogy and the place they’re at now.
After turning into a family identify for her position as Rey, Daisy Ridley went on to star in “Cleaner,” “Younger Girl and the Sea,” and the zombie film “We Bury The Lifeless,” which was launched earlier this 12 months.
She’ll subsequent seem in “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol” alongside Johnny Depp, who performs the titular Scrooge. The characteristic has a star-studded forged, together with Rupert Grint, Sam Claflin, Ian McKellen, and Tramell Tillman.
Though there was speculated to be a Rey film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, there was little information in regards to the venture since its preliminary announcement. Some followers consider that her standalone film will now be folded into Simon Kinberg’s new trilogy. It is perhaps some time earlier than she returns to the display along with her lightsaber, however Ridley just lately reassured her followers that her return to a galaxy far, far-off can be “well worth the wait.”
John Boyega’s Return As Finn Is Unclear
John Boyega starred as Finn, a Stormtrooper-turned-Resistance fighter. Since leaving the galaxy far, far-off, he gained a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Leroy Logan in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology. He additionally appeared in 2022’s “The Girl King” and 2023’s “They Cloned Tyrone.”
Boyega has been vocal about his blended emotions in regards to the franchise, as his character was sidelined after 2015’s “The Drive Awakens.” In 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” he spends many of the film attempting, and failing, to inform Rey that his character is Drive-sensitive. The reveal by no means really occurs, leaving many followers disillusioned.
In March 2026, throughout a panel at Megacon Orlando, a fan advised him to “Get Dave [Filoni] on the telephone.” Boyega replied, “I even have, really,” resulting in hypothesis that he was working with Lucasfilm to reprise the character. Nonetheless, some within the viewers have since taken to social media to say that it seemed like he was joking, so it appears like followers will simply have to attend and see.
Oscar Isaac Will ‘Possibly’ Return To ‘Star Wars’
Oscar Isaac is at the moment starring in season 2 of Netflix’s “Beef,” though the actor has been fairly busy since leaving the galaxy far, far-off, the place he performed Resistance pilot-turned-general, Poe Dameron. He went on to hitch one other Disney franchise, Marvel, the place he performed the titular “Moon Knight” on the Disney+ collection. He additionally just lately starred in Netflix’s “Frankenstein.”
In November 2025, he mentioned that he could be “open” to returning to “Star Wars.” Nonetheless, he admitted that he was “not so open to working with Disney” after Jimmy Kimmel was pulled from the air following a remark he made about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
In April 2026, he as soon as once more mentioned that he was “perhaps” in returning to “Star Wars” and revealed that the “By some means, Palpatine returned,” line that has been broadly mocked throughout social media was a “new addition” throughout reshoots.
Kelly Marie Tran Is Open To Returning As Rose Tico
Kelly Marie Tran might be some of the controversial characters added to the sequel trilogy. Her character, Resistance technician Rose Tico, didn’t seem in 2015’s “The Drive Awakens,” and was topic to the divisive Canto Bight subplot in 2017’s “The Final Jedi.”
No matter her character’s live-action reception, she has continued to voice Rose Tico in 2020’s “The LEGO Star Wars Vacation Particular” and 2022’s “LEGO Star Wars Summer season Trip.” Along with narrating “The Final Jedi: Cobalt Squadron” audiobook, she additionally voiced Darth Rose Tico in “LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy,” which premiered on Disney+ in 2024.
In April 2025, she advised CBR that she had conversations a couple of attainable return for Rose Tico, stating that she continues to be a “Star Wars” fan and that she nonetheless has “such a heat place in my coronary heart, simply that entire universe, and that complete expertise.”
Adam Driver Needed To Return To ‘Star Wars’ Earlier than Disney Shut It Down
Since leaving a galaxy far, far-off, Adam Driver has acquired Academy Award nominations for Finest Supporting Actor in 2018’s “BlacKkKlansman” and Finest Actor in 2019’s “Marriage Story,” however he’s additionally gone on to star in 2021’s “The Final Duel,” 2021’s “Home of Gucci,” 2023’s “Ferrari,” and 2024’s “Megalopolis,” to call a couple of.
He has additionally been tapped to star in a brand new Netflix collection known as “Rabbit, Rabbit,” an Apple TV art-world drama known as “The Vendor,” and the army drama “Alone At Daybreak,” which tells the true story of Air Drive Fight Controller John Chapman’s battle to avoid wasting his fellow troopers and the investigation to show his valor that earned him a Medal of Honor.
Regardless of his busy schedule, the actor revealed in October 2025 that he and director Steven Soderbergh had been engaged on their very own film known as “The Hunt For Ben Solo.” Though he performed the villainous Kylo Ren for the primary two movies, he returned to his id as Ben Solo and was seemingly redeemed on the finish of “The Rise of Skywalker” whereas combating Emperor Palpatine, and appeared to have died after he light into the Drive.
Nonetheless, plainly Driver felt that the character had unfinished enterprise. He and Soderbergh spent a couple of years creating a script with Scott Z. Burns that acquired approval from Lucasfilm. Nonetheless, Driver advised AP Information that the movie was shot down by Bob Iger.
“We introduced the script to Lucasfilm. They liked the thought. They completely understood our angle and why we had been doing it,” Driver defined. “We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman, and so they mentioned no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.”
Since then, there have been a number of fan campaigns trying to revive the venture, however Soderbergh has shut down any hope that the movie will ever be made. That being mentioned, it’s clear that there’s nonetheless curiosity in Ben Solo’s character, and it’s attainable that he may make a return, whilst a Drive ghost, in Simon Kinberg’s new trilogy.
It stays to be seen whether or not any of those characters will seem in “Star Wars: Starfighter,” the primary film set after the occasions of “The Rise of Skywalker.” The movie, starring Ryan Gosling, is scheduled for a Could 2027 theatrical launch.
