Despite the recognition of Disney’s “Star Wars” franchise, Daisy Ridley says her profession stalled when she completed her run main the movie trilogy with 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.”

“There weren’t that many offers coming in,” Ridley stated throughout a Sunday panel at SXSW in Austin. “It’s not that there wasn’t any… I remember finishing and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s quiet and strange.’”

According to Ridley, she didn’t really feel totally snug main the newest “Star Wars” trilogy till she had reached the ultimate film, “The Rise of Skywalker.” “It took, honestly, making the third film till I felt like ‘OK, I’m good. I deserve to be here,’” she stated.

And then, after eight years of taking part in Rey, Ridley and the remainder of the world went into lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and all the movie and TV business shut down. During that point, Hollywood wasn’t making anybody affords. “So it was a very strange time to sit with the quiet and, honestly, grieving a time of my life,” she stated.

But over the previous few years, Ridley says “It’s been really busy and amazing and I’ve got to do so many different things for so many different people,” together with 2023’s “The Marsh King’s Daughter.” “It has been a different exploration of myself and my career,” she stated.

Attending the SXSW competition to advertise her new psychological thriller “Magpie,” which debuted Saturday night time, Ridley spoke about her time as Rey throughout a one-on-one dialog panel with The Hollywood Reporter’s Mia Galuppo Sunday.

Ridley’s different upcoming initiatives embody “Young Woman and the Sea,” “Women in the Castle,” “Cleaner,” and “We Bury the Dead” — plus, extra “Star Wars.”

Last yr, Disney and Lucasfilm introduced Ridley can be returning to the “Star Wars” franchise in a brand new film following Rey. Set after the occasions of“The Rise of Skywalker,” the film will characteristic Rey as she makes an attempt to rebuild the Jedi Order. The venture is directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (“Ms. Marvel”) and written by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”). The film marks Obaid-Chinoy as the primary lady and first individual of coloration to direct a “Star Wars” characteristic movie.