'Star Wars: Episode VIII' gets an official title and poster

Image from Chicago Sun-Times

By Darian Scalamoni

            It’s finally official… Star Wars: Episode VIII has a title. The eighth episodic film in the Star Wars universe has been given the title of Star Wars: The Last Jedi first reported in a press release by Lucasfilm.

            This reveal has led to tons of questions for all fans of the series. Is “The Last Jedi” that they’re referring to Luke Skywalker? Or possibly Rey? We’ll have to wait until December to find out for sure. The film will be directed by Rian Johnson (Looper) and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman in addition to being executively produced by Jason McGatlin, Tom Karnowski and J.J. Abrams who directed The Force Awakens.

            Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released on December 15^th! The movie stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, Domhnall Gleeson, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Andy Serkis, the late Carrie Fisher, Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern and Kelly Marie Tran. Hopefully we’ll be getting a trailer much sooner rather than later!