Begun the Episode IX hype machine has.
At the Lucasfilm expo Star Wars Celebration in Chicago's McCormick Place, Disney's Lucasfilm revealed the full title and first teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode IX, now officially known as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
The two-minute teaser opens on the planet Jakku, not seen since Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2005. We're reintroduced to Rey, (Daisy Ridley), who is breathing heavy on the desert planet.
We hear a voiceover from Rey's Jedi mentor, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), who says, "We've passed on all we know. A thousand generations live in you now...but this is your fight."
Rey readies her lightsaber and we hear the the sounds of Kylo Ren's TIE silencer in the distance. Rey takes off running as the ship quickly approaches, and she does a huge backflip leap as it reaches her, presumably to attack it from the top.
Next, we see Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), the Supreme Leader of the First Order, cutting down someone with his lightsaber in a crimson forest, followed by someone with a very hairy hand welding Kylo Ren's shattered helmet back together.
Everyone's favorite bromance, Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) and Finn (John Boyega) are shown somewhere on Jakku, then we see BB-8 alongside an ever smaller, one-wheeled droid.
This is followed by a quick scene of Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) laughing while piloting the Millennium Falcon through hyperspace alongside Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo).
We glimpse Poe, Finn and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) taking fire while on Jakku, followed by General Leia Organa (the late Carrie Fisher) gently caressing the medal she gave to Han Solo at the end of the original Star Wars film. Leia and Rey also share another tearful hug.
"We'll always be with you," Luke continues in a voiceover as we see Rey and the others staring out at the crashed ruins of what appears to be the second Death Star from Return of the Jedi, hinting that they may be on the forest moon of Endor. "No one's ever really gone."
Suddenly, the screen goes back and we hear the familiar cackling laughter of Emperor Sheev Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), whom we thought was killed at the end of Return of the Jedi. Ruh-roh!
If you'd like to check out the teaser trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official Star Wars account on YouTube...
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is scheduled to arrive in theaters on December 20, 2019.
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