The Bleak Future of Star Wars: A False Hope Awakens

When I think about Star Wars, I think about how fascinatingly bizarre the whole franchise is. What started off as a passionate ground-breaking series of science-fiction films has somehow turned into the biggest attraction for consumerism and woke political agendas. Every film since the original trilogy and even to an extent, the prequels by George Lucas, seems to expand upon the ideas of the first films in ways that just seem endlessly pointless and without much thought behind them.

This is why when I heard the news of the new film being helmed by a director with no previous feature film experiences but who has appeared to be hired solely because of her status as a leader in women’s rights and being a female herself, I feel like it’s only worth examining what is the current state of such a huge franchise and why has it captured so much attention.
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Who is Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy?

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (born November 12, 1978) is a Canadian-Pakistani journalist, filmmaker and political activist known for her work in films that highlight gender inequality against women. Obaid-Chinoy is slated to direct the next Star Wars film, due for release in 2026, and will feature Daisy Ridley.

Obaid-Chinoy was born on 12 November 1978 in Karachi, Pakistan. Obaid-Chinoy attended Convent of Jesus and Mary, followed by schooling at Karachi Grammar School, where she was the class-fellow of Kumail Nanjiani. According to her, she was not inclined toward academics though received good grades.

Upon moving to the United States for higher education, she studied at Smith College, from where she completed her bachelor's degree in Economics and Government in 2002. Later, Obaid-Chinoy received two master's degrees from Stanford University in Communication and International Policy Studies. Following her education, she moved to Toronto with husband Fahd Chinoy. She now divides her time between Karachi and Toronto. She became a Canadian citizen in 2004.

She returned to Pakistan and launched her career as a filmmaker with her first film Terror's Children for The New York Times. In 2003 and 2004 she made two award-winning films while at Stanford. Her most notable projects include the documentaries Saving Face (2012), Song of Lahore (2015) and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2016), the animated 3 Bahadur films (2015-2018) and the television miniseries Ms. Marvel (2022).

She is the recipient of two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards and a Knight International Journalism Award. In 2012, the Government of Pakistan honoured her with the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian honour of the country, and the same year Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She holds the records for being the first female film director to have won two Academy Awards by the age of 37 and the first person of Pakistani origin to be nominated for (and to win) the Academy Award for best documentary in the short subject category, and the first person of Pakistani origin to win any Academy Award. She is also the first non-US-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. The 2015 animated adventure 3 Bahadur made her the first Pakistani to make a computer-animated feature-length film. In 2017, Obaid-Chinoy became the first artist to co-chair the World Economic Forum.

On 15 February 2016, Obaid-Chinoy met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad to discuss the measures required to plug the loopholes in the law which allow the perpetrators of honour killings to walk free. On 22 February 2016, the first screening of A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness was held at the Prime Minister's Secretariat in Islamabad, opened by remarks made by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif himself - concerning the amendments needed to prevent honour killings from occurring in Pakistan.

It was announced in September 2020 that Obaid-Chinoy would be co-directing the Ms. Marvel series with Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah and Meera Menon for Disney+ to bring Marvel Studios’ first Muslim hero to the big screen.

Obaid-Chinoy is slated to direct the next Star Wars film, due for release in 2026, and will feature Daisy Ridley.

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