Star Wars: The Last Jedi comes to digital and home video this March

After making an impact in theaters last Christmas and bringing the second chapter of the "New Trilogy" to fans worldwide, Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm Ltd. have released the announcement trailer for the upcoming digital and home video releases of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - which features the return of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver reprising their roles as Rey and Kylo Ren respectively, and the final appearance of the late Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa.


In addition to announcing the release dates, the list of special features have also been detailed - including featurettes, commentaries, and deleted scenes, which you can read up at Comic Book.com.

STAR WARS: The Last Jedi Blu-ray Trailer (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi will come out on digital on March 13, and on Blu-Ray and DVD on March 27.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: IMAX Poster released

Set to hit theaters in one month and hyping up the continuation of the current "New Trilogy" that began with 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" - Disney, Lucasfilm, and IMAX have released the new IMAX Poster for Star Wars: The Last Jedi - which features Rey front and center with the rest of the cast behind her, including Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in theaters on December 15.

Star Wars: New Film Trilogy by Rian Johnson & Live-Action TV Series announced by Disney

Some Breaking News has arrived for Star Wars fans - and they need to "Breath" like Luke Skywalker said to Rey in the opening moments of the first trailer for "The Last Jedi". Episode VIII hasn't even his theaters yet (that's next month), and now Disney has made a bombshell of an announcement to press and media - we are getting a BRAND NEW STAR WARS TRILOGY after the conclusion of the current arc involving the aforementioned characters, the Resistance, Kylo Ren, and the First Order.

According to the official Star Wars website, Johnson has signed on to helm a brand new trilogy of films - the first of which he will direct and write alongside longtime collaborator Ram Bergman. The exciting news comes over a month before Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits theaters - which Johnson directed and continues the story after 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Coinciding with the new trilogy announcement, Disney also announced (via a report by Comic Book.com) that a new Star Wars Live-Action TV Series is also coming with their soon to launch streaming service - which will contain programs based on their properties from Monsters Inc. and Marvel. No other details have been announced yet, but the streaming service is expected to debut on 2019.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in theaters in the Philippines on December 15.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: New "Awake" TV Spot released

As the film inches closer to release in a month and a half's time, Walt Disney Pictures and LucasFilm Ltd. have released a new TV Spot/ Short Trailer for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"  -which picks up right after the events of 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and sees Rey training to learn the ways of The Force under the long lost Jedi Master - Luke Skywalker.

In the new spot "Awake", new scenes and footage feature moments like Luke stepping back into the Millennium Falcon, and facing off seemingly against his apprentice Rey.


Star Wars: The Last Jedi "Awake"
Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released in theaters on December 15.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: New Luke Skywalker image and Rian Johnson interview video

Set to be released at the end of the year and continuing the "New Trilogy" storyline where Rey finally gets trained by the long lost Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, USA Today (via Comic Book Movie) has released a new image for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" showing Mark Hamill back in his signature role as an aged Luke - looking like he's worried and feeling a great disturbance in The Force as his former mentors Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda did.

Also via USA Today's Twitter, here's a new video interview with director Rian Johnson on where The Last Jedi takes Rey, Finn, Poe, and the rest of the characters through the film, as well as featuring the late great Carrie Fisher, aka Princess/ General Leia Organa.

See this exclusive new behind-the-scenes video from #StarWars with the late Carrie Fisher: https://t.co/QOPhwXIfP0 pic.twitter.com/16vGw5waZY

— USA TODAY Life (@usatodaylife) October 24, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released this December worldwide.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: New Poster and Trailer released

Hitting theaters in time for the holidays and giving fans of a galaxy far, far away more time to wonder and be hyped for what's to come next in the "New Trilogy" era of Star Wars films, Walt Disney Studios and LucasFilm have released the brand new poster and trailer to "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - which features Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver back as Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Kylo Ren respectively, as well as the return of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher in her last performance as General Leia Organa.

Now, besides seeing that a legendary Dark Lord of the Sith has a "presence" in the poster (thanks Whatculture), here is the trailer to "The Last Jedi" - which is above and beyond all things EPIC.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer
Star Wars: The Last Jedi will open in theaters on December 15.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi graces the cover of Empire Magazine

Set for release during holiday season this year and continuing the story of the "New Trilogy" that began with 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", Empire Magazine has released the first new look at the cover to their upcoming October 2017 issue spotlighting "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - which features a holographic cover with the new "Student and Master" dynamic of Daisy Ridley's Rey and Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker. Rey of course is brandishing the blue Jedi lightsaber that once belonged to Anakin Skywalker in the prequels and then passed on to Luke in the original Star Wars trilogy... How it will fair with its new owner under Luke's training will be depicted on the Episode VIII, aka "The Last Jedi" in a few months time.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released on December 2017.

EW premieres new "Fall Movie Preview" covers spotlighting "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

Revealed by Entertainment Weekly along with a batch of new preview photos posted in their latest Fall Movie Preview showcase, two new covers spotlighting Daisy Ridley as Rey and Mark Hamill as the elderly Luke Skywalker promote the arrival of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" this Christmas time - the second part of the "New Trilogy" introduced by Walt Disney Pictures when they acquired LucasFilm a few years ago and embarked on a new journey to bring George Lucas' space adventure saga back into the big screen.

While there's a lot of preview pictures out already showing how the returning characters will look in the upcoming new film, these covers show Rey being more skilled and determined with a lightsaber, while Jedi Master Luke looks very broody as his gaze tells a certain story. We'll find out more soon enough when more footage and trailers come just before the movie arrives in time for the holidays.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released in theaters this December.

Star Wars Celebration: Rebels Season 4 and Battlefront II trailers released; Carrie Fisher not appearing in Episode IX

In case you missed the big Star Wars Celebration happening in Orlando, there were TONS of announcements and revelations for fans of the franchise created by George Lucas and now being continued on by Disney and LucasFilm - including a reunion of the original trilogy cast for a panel discussion and the long awaited reveal of a new poster and first trailer for this year's upcoming Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. Now a couple of new trailers have been released for the other upcoming new stuff hitting mediums outside of film.

The first trailer is for the fourth and final season of the CG Animated series "Star Wars: Rebels", giving fans a glimpse of what destinies await the crew of the freighter starship known as the "Ghost" as they continue the fight against the Galactic Empire covertly.

Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Trailer (Official)
Also coming at the end of the year, Electronic Arts' "Star Wars: Battlefront II" the follow-up to their previous next-gen action-shooter release that needed improvements... And fans are going to get it this November.
Star Wars Battlefront II: Full Length Reveal Trailer
Also while she will appear in Episode VIII having completed her scenes for the film, the late great Carrie Fisher will not be included on the as of yet untitled Episode IX. Read up more here in Slash Film.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: First Trailer and poster released

After months of anticipation and a lot of expectation riding into the "Star Wars Celebration" held at Orlando this year, Disney and LucasFilm have finally released the long awaited first trailer to "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - the eight installment in the numerical Star Wars films saga and the second part of the "New Trilogy" that started with 2015's "The Force Awakens" and under Walt Disney Pictures' watch.

Debuting during "The Last Jedi" panel discussion held on SWCO on Good Friday, a theatrical poster was also released showing Daisy Ridley's Rey holding her lightsaber high and bright, with the faces of Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker and Adam Driver's Kylo Ren seen on the red background sky. Naturally, the story picks up right after the end of Episode VII, and Rey is training with the now found Jedi Master Luke Skywalker - who has isolated himself in a far off planet. As for the other characters, Finn, Kylo Ren, and Poe Dameron are also seen in snippets of footage that make up the trailer, showing that this will be a darker sequel and a question mark for the future of the Jedi.


Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released on December 2017.

Star Wars Celebration: Original Trilogy cast reunites & tearful tribute to Carrie Fisher

In case you missed it, fans of The Force and the world of Star Wars the world over converged in Orlando to begin the grand "Star Wars Celebration" - celebrating all things about the world created by George Lucas and now expanding thanks to Disney and LucasFilm headed by LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy, with the latest chapter in "Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi" hitting later this year and celebrating 40 years of EPIC adventures from a galaxy far, far away!

Day 1 was streamed just this Thursday (watch it here). In addition to featuring panel discussions with Lucas himself and returning actors Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker), Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), the SWCO also paid tribute to the late great Carrie Fisher with a tearful video montage and Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd honoring the one and only original Princess Leia Organa.

A Tribute To Carrie Fisher
Star Wars Celebration Orlando is currently ongoing. Catch it at Star Wars.com and YouTube!

Star Wars: Episode VIII title officially revealed as "The Last Jedi"

With the release of the first spin-off film in "Rogue One" now in the rear view mirror, Star Wars fans have turned their attention to the impending release of the next numerical installment in the franchise... And that is Episode VIII. Thanks to the official Star Wars Facebook page, we now have a title to that chapter, and that is "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"!

Via the official FB post itself, the description reads as:

"We have the greatest fans in this or any other galaxy. In appreciation of the fans, we wanted them to be the first to know the title of the next chapter in the Skywalker saga: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. 

THE LAST JEDI is written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman and executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Jason McGatlin, and Tom Karnowski."

From the title alone, it sounds like Episode VIII will deal with the Jedi legacy - specifically Luke Skywalker (played by Mark Hamill), who was last seen at the end of The Force Awakens and found by Rey.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released in December 2017.