Now this is the trailer you have been waiting for! Today Disney released the long anticipated teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX and they also revealed the name!
The name of the film is “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams returns to helm the final chapter in the Skywalker saga.
Lucasfilm debuted the first teaser trailer for the film during a panel today at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago. Take a look at the full teaser below:
According to Abrams, the new installment takes place sometime after Rian Johnson’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” in which Leia Organa’s Resistance movement was forced on the run and battered by the First Order.
Returning cast members include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, and Billie Lourd. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will also see the debut of Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant. Franchise veterans Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels will reprise their roles of Luke Skywalker and C-3PO, respectively, with the new film also seeing the return of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian for the first time since 1983’s “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi”.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters on Dec. 20, 2019.