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James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (born June 11, 1959), known professionally as Hugh Laurie, is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian, and author. He is known for portraying the title character on the Fox medical drama series House (2004–2012), for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and nominations for numerous other awards. He was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in a television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House. His other television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep (2012–2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award nomination. Forced to abandon rowing during a bout of glandular fever, he joined the Cambridge Footlights, a university dramatic club that has produced many well-known actors and comedians. There he met Emma Thompson, with whom he had a romantic relationship, which later ended yet they remain good friends. She introduced him to his future comedy partner, Stephen Fry. Laurie, Fry and Thompson later parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge" in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones, with the series' co-writer Ben Elton completing their team.
Set a few years after The Rise of Skywalker, Rey is struggling to find peace after the defeat of the Final Order. Tasked with rebuilding the Jedi Order, she grapples with her own doubts about her purpose and the weight of her legacy. As the galaxy begins to heal, she feels disconnected from the Force, unsure if she can ever truly step out of the shadow of the Skywalker name. Her quest for inner peace leads her to seek out ancient temples and forbidden knowledge, hoping to understand the deeper mysteries of the Force. But her journey awakens a new threat: a figure known only as The Wraith, a former Jedi turned Sith who has been manipulating the balance of the Force from the shadows. With a powerful ability to manipulate both light and dark sides of the Force, The Wraith believes that true balance can only come from the destruction of the Jedi and the Sith, seeking to remake the galaxy under a new order of her own design. As Rey faces this mysterious villain, she must confront not only the external threat but also her inner fears, learning that peace may require embracing both the light and dark within herself.
