{"id":288360,"date":"2026-02-17T14:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/288360\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:12:07","slug":"sydney-sweeney-eyed-for-jedi-role-in-upcoming-star-wars-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/288360\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney eyed for Jedi role in upcoming Star Wars project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lucasfilm is considering <a id=\"HJjrFimez00Wg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/culture\/article\/h1d8l8wv11l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">actress Sydney Sweeney<\/a> for a possible Jedi role in an upcoming <a id=\"r1hrYj7eMdWl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/environment\/article\/r1h611mfoex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Star Wars<\/a> project, according to a report circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The claim was posted Feb. 15, 2026, by entertainment industry account MyTimeToShineHello on X and quickly gained traction online. The studio has not confirmed the report and has made no official casting announcement.<\/p>\n<p>If accurate, the role would mark Sweeney\u2019s entry into one of Hollywood\u2019s largest film franchises. She is known for her performances in the HBO series \u201cEuphoria\u201d and in films including \u201cMadame Web,\u201d \u201cImmaculate\u201d and \u201cAnyone But You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucasfilm has multiple Star Wars projects in development, including a film focused on Rey and the New Republic, as well as a new trilogy planned by producer Simon Kinberg. The next theatrical releases are \u201cThe Mandalorian &amp; Grogu,\u201d scheduled for May 22, 2026, and \u201cStar Wars: Starfighter,\u201d set for May 28, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear which project Sweeney would be attached to if discussions move forward. Lucasfilm has not commented on the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucasfilm is considering actress Sydney Sweeney for a possible Jedi role in an upcoming Star Wars project, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-288360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}