The full Star Wars: Episode VIII title has finally been revealed
THE full Star Wars: Episode VIII title has finally been revealed: The Last Jedi.
The Walt Disney Co. announced the title for the next chapter in the Skywalker saga on Monday.
It's official. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI is the next chapter of the Skywalker saga. This December. #TheLastJedi https://t.co/ySkVwQcMTP pic.twitter.com/eHrPgbsRJq
— Star Wars (@starwars) January 23, 2017
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But it ended ominously with a withdrawn Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) on a remote island.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.
STAR WARS VIII: THE LAST JEDI! 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/NFasDeL73p
— pictoline (@pictoline) January 23, 2017
STAR WARS EP VIII: THE LAST JEDI PLOT RUMOUR: about luke skywalker, the last Jedi, standing there, in 5 different angles, for 2.5 hours
— dani (@J4SONTODDS) January 23, 2017
The next Star Wars movie is going to be 97 mins of pod-racing between Luke, Kylo, and Rey. Who will be first and who will be #TheLastJedi?
— quill18 (@quill18) January 23, 2017
In an interview on Monday at the Sundance Film Festival, Mark 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.
Even Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) gets mistaken for other actors | #VarietyStudio presented by @orvillepopcorn #Sundance pic.twitter.com/WPfdqJumP7
— Variety (@Variety) January 23, 2017
Originally published as Star Wars: Episode VIII title revealed