Star Wars: The Last Jedi

***Star Wars: The Last Jedi*** (also known as ***Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi***) is a 2017 American epic space-opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the second installment of the *Star Wars* sequel trilogy, following *The Force Awakens* (2015), and it is the eighth episode of the nine-part "Skywalker saga". It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film's ensemble cast includes Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Anthony Daniels and Gwendoline Christie in returning roles, with Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Calum Kelmer joining the cast. It features the first posthumous film performance by Fisher, who died in December 2016, and the film is dedicated to her memory.

*The Last Jedi* follows Rey as she seeks the aid of Luke Skywalker, in hopes of turning the tide for the Resistance in the fight against Kylo Ren and the First Order, while General Leia Organa, Finn, and Poe Dameron attempt to escape a First Order attack on the dwindling Resistance fleet.

*The Last jedi* follows Rey as she seeks the aid of Luke Skywalker to train her in the ways of the force. After training with Skywalker, she learns he is dying and that he is not meant to be her master as there is another. The film also follows a small group of resistance fighters who sneak onto the First Order command ship in order to disable their hyperspace tracker.

*The Last Jedi* is part of a new trilogy of films announced after Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012. It was produced by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman and executive produced by *The Force Awakens* director J. J. Abrams. John Williams, composer for the previous episodic films, returned to compose the score. A number of scenes were filmed at Skellig Michael in Ireland during pre-production in September 2015, but principal photography began at Pinewood Studios in England in February 2016 and wrapped in July 2016. Post-production was finished in September 2017.

## Cast and Characters

* Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, a powerful Jedi Master who has been in self-imposed exile on the planet Ahch-To.

* Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, twin sister to Luke, former princess of Alderaan, and a leading general in the Resistance.
* Calum Kelmer as General Hayden Kryze, a former Jedi Master who is in hiding from the first order. After surviving not only one but two Jedi purges, Hayden has lost faith in himself and the Jedi refusing to connect to the force and reveal himself to Snoke.
* Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Supreme Leader Snoke's disciple, who is strong with the Force. He is the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, and Luke's nephew.
* Daisy Ridley as Rey, a highly Force-sensitive scavenger from the desert planet Jakku who joined the Resistance and goes to find Luke.
* John Boyega as Finn, a former stormtrooper of the First Order who defected to the Resistance, Finn attempts to understand his own place in the universe in this movie and comes to terms with the fact he is in fact force sensitive.
* Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, a high-ranking X-wing fighter pilot in the Resistance who looks up to Leia.
* Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux, the former head of the First Order's Starkiller Base.
* Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, a humanoid protocol droid in the service of Leia Organa.
* Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma, the commander of the First Order's stormtroopers.
* Kelly Marie Tran as Rose Tico, a member of the Resistance who works in maintenance.
* Laura Dern as Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo, an officer in the Resistance.