In a franchise with as many moving pieces as Star Wars, it’s perhaps not a huge surprise that many of the projects set in this universe churn through quite a few writers. When a spin-off movie focused on Daisy Ridley’s Rey was first announced, Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson were brought in as the film’s writers. They left the project in March of 2023, and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight was brought in after them.
Knight left the project in October of 2024, but before that, he spoke with The Telegraph about the film, and what it’s like to be part of the massive machine surrounding Star Wars.
“There’s a system, and when you engage with it, you know what it is. You do your bit, you turn in your draft or drafts, as I did, and then the system moves on. I fully expect that substantial amounts of what I did will be in the movie – who knows? But that’s the expectation,” he explained.
George Nolfi was brought in as the next writer after Knight left the project, and we don’t know much about what each writer has brought to the film, or how it’s evolved as different writers have taken passes at it.
It’s not uncommon for movies of this size to bring in a number of writers, but there’s a certain point on the merry-go-round when the rotating cast of writers suggests the movie isn’t totally working. Star Wars has announced and then canceled quite a few potential film projects in recent years. Here’s hoping that this Rey project doesn’t become another title in that pile.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.