STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mark Hamill (Brigsby Bear), Carrie Fisher (The Blues Brothers), Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Daisy Ridley (Ophelia), John Boyega (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), Anthony Daniels (I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle), Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth), Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Lupita Nyong’o (Us), Keri Russell (Waitress), Joonas Suotamo (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Kelly Marie Tran (XOXO), Ian McDiarmid (The Lost City of Z), Billy Dee Williams (Undercover Brother), Dominic Monaghan (Mute), Brian Herring (Hellboy II: The Golden Army), Billie Lourd (Booksmart), Jimmy Vee (Rocketman), Greg Grunberg (Malibu’s Most Wanted), Jeff Garlin (WALL-E),  Denis Lawson (Providence)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

J.J. Abrams (Super 8), director, writer, producer; Chris Terrio (Argo), writer; Kathleen Kennedy (Jurassic Park) and Michelle Rejwan (Star Trek Into Darkness), producers; John Williams (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial), composer; Dan Mindel (Enemy of the State), cinematographer; Maryann Brandon (How To Train Your Dragon) and Stefan Grube (Tully), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

As the First Order and its fierce new leader Kylo Ren (Driver) cracks down on its rule of the Galaxy and its stance against the Resistance, Rey (Ridley), Finn (Boyega) and Poe (Isaac) band together with old friends Chewbacca (Suotamo), C-3PO (Daniels) and General Leia Organa (Fisher) for a climactic showdown that will change the fate of everything…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The closing chapter of the Skywalker saga promises resolutions, answers, and space-set action like the Star Wars series has never seen before, with faces both old and new joining in to bid the ground-breaking main story a fond farewell.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2019

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