Whether they cut their teeth on the franchise or added it to an already impressive resume,
what does the cast of Star Wars do after The Rise of Skywalker?
We're here to find out.
Here's where you'll be able to find the stars of the sequel trilogy after they leave that
galaxy far, far away.
Daisy Ridley was virtually unknown, with only a handful of short film and TV credits to
her name, when she was cast as Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
When the film was released in 2015, she became an international star, opening a world of
new acting opportunities overnight.
With Episode IX completing Rey's on-screen arc, Ridley will be free of certain film franchise
constraints, but she hasn't lined up a huge number of projects just yet.
Even before she jumped into finishing Rise of Skywalker she worked alongside Tom Holland
on Chaos Walking, a film that's been subjected to repeated reshoots and, at the moment, does
not have a release date.
"Hey Daisy!
Does Rey go to the Dark Side?”
"Tom!
Come on!"
Still, that hasn't slowed Ridley down.
Among her announced post-Skywalker plans are the World War II drama A Woman of No Importance,
in which she'll play spy Virginia Hall, and the supernatural film Kolma, which has been
in the works for several years and is rumored to be part of the Cloverfield universe.
John Boyega was a bit better known than Daisy Ridley when he signed on to play Finn in Star
Wars: The Force Awakens, because he'd already been a part of one of the great cult films
of the 2010s: Attack the Block.
Since Star Wars entered his life, though, Boyega's star has continued to rise.
Like Ridley, Boyega hasn't lined up a great many projects following the conclusion of
his Star Wars trilogy, but what he does have coming up sounds compelling.
His next film will be Naked Singularity, in which he plays a public defender whose life
begins to unravel and who, at his wit's end, decides to carry out a heist.
He's also set to appear in the upcoming British miniseries Small Axe.
Oscar Isaac's career had already spanned more than a decade and included an impressive series
of diverse and compelling roles by the time Star Wars entered his life.
His accomplishments before a galaxy far, far away included the likes of A Most Violent
Year, Sucker Punch, and Inside Llewyn Davis, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe.
After The Rise of Skywalker, Isaac will continue to build on his already-impressive resume
with several projects, including another legendary sci-fi story.
In 2020, Isaac will appear in director Denis Villenueve's upcoming big-screen adaptation
of Dune, adding another major franchise to his filmography.
His other upcoming films including the drama Big Gold Brick and the thriller The Card Counter.
Prior to Star Wars, Adam Driver was best known for his role as Adam on Lena Dunham's HBO
series Girls.
Somehow, that and his rising reputation as a dramatic actor on the indie scene were enough
to secure him the role of the franchise's new primary villain, Kylo Ren.
"I feel like he feels like he's in the right, so what is there to be redeemed from?'
The role brought Driver international superstardom, but he has continued to interweave small dramatic
roles with his franchise blockbusters, establishing himself as one of his generation's boldest
actors.
Driver's career since his Star Wars role began has already been quite exciting, and he's
not slowing down anytime soon.
His new Netflix drama Marriage Story was released shortly before The Rise of Skywalker, and
his upcoming projects include the musical drama Annette and Ridley Scott's next historical
epic, The Last Duel.
Domhnall Gleeson's career included a major franchise well before Star Wars came along.
As his reputation grew in the early 2010s he earned a role in the Harry Potter film
series as Bill Weasley.
When Star Wars: The Force Awakens needed a secondary villain in the form of First Order
General Hux, director J.J. Abrams went with Gleeson, cementing his place in another iconic
franchise.
After Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, he'll next be seen in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway,
in which he reprises his dual roles as Jeremy Fisher and Thomas McGregor.
He's also set to make a major play for the small screen with a new comedic thriller on
HBO called Run.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens had to introduce a number of new characters to the world of
a galaxy far, far away, and make a worldwide audience fall in love with them.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi had to build on that new foundation, and to do that writer/director
Rian Johnson turned to Kelly Marie Tran.
At the time, Tran was relatively unknown, with a resume consisting largely of small
TV roles.
As Resistance mechanic Rose Tico in The Last Jedi, she reached an international level of
fame.
So far, Tran's kept a relatively low profile outside of Star Wars, with her only other
major work coming in the form of the Facebook Watch series Sorry for Your Loss with Elizabeth
Olsen, but that's set to change soon with a pair of high-profile voiceover roles.
"Because it feels like it was a big franchise, now I just want to do something totally different
and weird."
In the wake of The Rise of Skywalker, she's set to co-star in The Croods 2 as Dawn, and
she'll also be joining Pixar's Monsters Inc. franchise with a role in the upcoming Disney+
series Monsters At Work.
Mark Hamill could have stopped acting after Return of the Jedi and he would have remained
a legendary pop culture figure forever thanks to his portrayal of Luke Skywalker.
Thankfully, he did not stop, and the result is a diverse career that's included many screen
acting roles and perhaps even more voiceover roles.
In 2015, Hamill was drafted to return to the Star Wars saga as Luke Skywalker, ushering
in a new phase of his career that has only gained steam since.
So, what's next for Hamill?
Well, he could conceivably never stop playing Luke Skywalker in various forms, but for the
moment he's turning to a new animation project.
Hamill has been cast as one of the voice actors in the upcoming series Invincible, an adult-oriented
superhero series based on the Skybound Entertainment comic of the same name, written by Walking
Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman.
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