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Picking up where Episode VII left off, a newcomer to the Star Wars universe, Rian Johnson, takes the helm with Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi as both its writer and director. Produced by Lucasfilm, Episode VIII once again stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, with returning classic characters played by Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. We find Rey (Ridley) working desperately to get Luke Skywalker (Hamill) to rejoin the Rebel Alliance in its last days, while Finn (Boyega) and Poe (Isaac) race against time to save the remaining fleet of the resistance. Looming questions are answered, new questions arise all the while putting Rey against her new sworn enemy in Kylo Ren (Driver).

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