Episode VIII called ‘The Last Jedi’
CEBU, Philippines - “Star Wars: Episode VIII” finally has a title: “The Last Jedi.”
The Walt Disney Co. announced the title for the next chapter in the Skywalker saga on Monday. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” will be released December 15.
“We have the greatest fans in this or any other galaxy. In appreciation of the fans, we wanted them to be the first to know the title of the next chapter in the Skywalker saga: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’,” movie studio Disney said in a statement.
Speculation over just who the last Jedi is immediately ran rampant on social media. “The Force Awakens” chronicled Daisy Ridley’s Rey discovering her powers with the Force, but ended ominously with a withdrawn Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) on a remote island. If there’s to be just one Jedi left, Luke’s days could be numbered.
In an interview Monday at the Sundance Film Festival, Hamill said he liked that the title was “straightforward” and “minimalist.”
“They told us that when we were making the movie and I said don’t tell me these things. I talk in my sleep,” said Hamill. “They have us so jacked up with paranoia over leaks.”
Writer-director Rian Johnson has previously said “Episode VIII” will start right where “The Force Awakens” left off.
The cast for the movie will also include “Force Awakens” members John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie and Andy Serkis. They will be joined my new cast members Benicio del Toro, Laura Dern and newcomer Kelly Marie Tran.
Carrie Fisher shot all of her scenes as Princess Leia for the movie before her sudden death in December of a heart attack, Disney said at the time of her passing. (AP)(FREEMAN)
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