The first footage from a Star Wars: Episode 8 The Last Jedi trailer was screened for Disney shareholders and Los Angeles Times reporter Daniel Miller was there to tweet about it. The new Star Wars footage screened for Disney shareholders doesn’t sound quite like a trailer, but it seems likely to be identical or similar to clips anticipated at this year’s Star Wars Celebration.
The first Episode 8 footage, a combination of a clip and a montage of moments from the movie, revealnew planets, Chewbacca, General Organa and Finn (awakened from the coma Kylo Ren knocked him into at the end of Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and also The Last Jedi’s very first line.
And … that line … it’s going to disappoint you, it’s very pedestrian … is… we’re still talking about the line here … that we’re about to reveal … here it comes now … and it is...
“Who are you?”
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens exactly where The Force Awakens ended, with Rey holding out Anakin’s lightsaber to Luke Skywalker on the planet Ahch-To. That first question — “Who are you?” — seems to bury speculation that Luke is Rey’s father. Still, Disney CEO Bob Iger continued Kathleen Kennedy’s characterization of the Star Wars series, describing Episode 8 as “a perfect chapter in the iconic Skywalker family drama,” so Rey and the Skywalkers must be entangled somehow.
Here’s what else Miller could reveal from the first Star Wars: The Last Jedi sorta trailer:
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" clip is being screened. But it's a joke, sort of! We just got a few seconds of Rey handing Luke a lightsaber.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
We just saw more "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" footage. In it, Luke asks Rey, "Who are you?" Then we see her deftly handle a lightsaber.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
Also making appearances in "The Last Jedi" footage: Chewbacca, General Leia Organa and Finn.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
One last thing on the "Last Jedi" footage: We saw all sorts of settings -- mountains, oceans, forests, deserts. Look suitably epic, exotic.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
More on "The Last Jedi" clip: We saw a shot of an X-wing wobbling mid-air, under attack inside a giant ship. Looked like a wounded bird.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
More on "The Last Jedi" clip, since ppl are asking: General Leia Organa was onscreen for just a second in military garb and didn't speak.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
Star Wars: Episode 8 The Last Jedi is out in theaters Dec. 15.
