{"id":98320,"date":"2017-04-15T02:37:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T06:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=98320"},"modified":"2017-04-15T02:37:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T06:37:53","slug":"rian-johnson-debuts-teaser-trailer-for-the-last-jedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/15\/rian-johnson-debuts-teaser-trailer-for-the-last-jedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rian Johnson debuts teaser trailer for ‘The Last Jedi’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first trailer for \u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d dropped on Friday, showcasing a morose and withdrawn Skywalker. (Photo: Star Wars: The Last Jedi\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 Is the Force still strong with Luke Skywalker?<\/p>\n

The first trailer for \u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d dropped on Friday, showcasing a morose and withdrawn Skywalker. The two-minute teaser , unveiled by director Rian Johnson at the \u201cStar Wars Celebration\u201d fan event in Orlando, Florida, offered few clues to the film. But it notably includes Mark Hamill’s iconic hero gravely intoning, \u201cIt’s time for the Jedi to end,\u201d from a dark cave.<\/p>\n

The trailer whetted the appetites of ravenous \u201cStar Wars\u201d fans who turned out in droves in Orlando and online, where the event was streamed live. Actor Josh Gad, a Disney star from another universe (\u201cFrozen,\u201d \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d), hosted a panel including Johnson, producer Kathleen Kennedy and cast members Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and a new addition, Kelly Marie Tran.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d picks off where \u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d left off, with Rey (Ridley) meeting Luke on a remote island, filmed off the coast of Ireland. Some shots in the trailer also suggested Skywalker training Rey on the island. In \u201cThe Force Awakens,\u201d Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren has turned to the dark side after being tutored by Luke.<\/p>\n

The presentation was mostly a game of teasing hints about the film while revealing very little about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually can tell you some things. A small amount,\u201d said Ridley, laughing. She said the film will go \u201cdeep\u201d into Rey’s story and reveal how it can be difficult meeting your heroes \u2014 presumably alluding to a cranky Skywalker. \u201cThey may not be what you expect,\u201d said Ridley to knowing groans in the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d director and \u201cLast Jedi\u201d producer J.J. Abrams has previously hailed Hamill’s performance in the film, suggesting it could land him an Oscar nomination. Hamill, the most raucously received star on Friday, said he drew on his own experiences for this new chapter in Luke’s life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said: I have to relate to things that are real in my own life to understand where Luke is at this point in his life,\u201d Hamill said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d is due in theatres Dec. 15.<\/p>\n

It will be Carrie Fisher’s last appearance in the core \u201cStar Wars\u201d films that follow the saga of the Skywalker family. Kennedy told ABC News Friday that Fisher, who died in December, will not appear in the planned ninth \u201cStar Wars\u201d film.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, Carrie will not be in (Episode) Nine,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cWe’ll see a lot of her in VIII, which is great.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 Is the Force still strong with Luke Skywalker? The first trailer for \u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":98321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[17914],"class_list":["post-98320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-star-wars-the-last-jedi","mauthors-jake-coyle","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}