What with all of the excitement around last week’s ‘Rogue One’ trailer release, you could be forgiven for having temporarily forgotten there was the little matter of another two remaining films in the Star Wars franchise’s newly created trilogy. Well have no fear, as Episode 8 Director Rian JOHNSON has today released two teaser photos from the set of the untitled next instalment, just to remind you that Finn and Rey’s story is still in the process of unfolding.
The ‘Looper’ Director, appointed by the studio to carry on where JJ Abrams left off, released the two black and white photos of himself in action on the set of the movie, and they show him in the process of organising both Rebellion and First Order extras. Filming is believed to be about halfway through at the time of writing this article, having been temporarily delayed by some urgent script updates following feedback from the success of the first film.
Initial shooting commenced back in December in Ireland, with the new film picking up at the exact point of Rey and Luke’s meeting at the end of ‘The Force Awakens’ . The surviving cast will be joined by Laura Dern and Ade Edmondson in unknown roles, alone with Benicio Del Toro as a sinister new villain, in a role initially offered to Joaquin Phoenix.
Chapter 8 is due for release on December 15th, 2017.