The first words uttered in Star Wars: The Last Jedi appear to have been revealed.
Disney’s CEO Bob Iger screened footage from the sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens at a shareholders’ meeting at the Mouse House’s headquarters in Burbank, California yesterday (March 8).
According to LA Times journalist Daniel Miller, who attended the meeting, the footage included an exchange between Daisy Ridley’s Rey and Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker which seems to follow on directly from The Force Awakens‘ final scene.
We just saw more "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" footage. In it, Luke asks Rey, "Who are you?" Then we see her deftly handle a lightsaber.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
Iger also posted some other tweets about the footage shareholders were shown, revealing that he caught glimpses of Carrie Fisher’s General Leia Organa, John Boyega’s Finn and Chewbacca.
More on "The Last Jedi" clip: We saw a shot of an X-wing wobbling mid-air, under attack inside a giant ship. Looked like a wounded bird.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
Also making appearances in "The Last Jedi" footage: Chewbacca, General Leia Organa and Finn.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
One last thing on the "Last Jedi" footage: We saw all sorts of settings — mountains, oceans, forests, deserts. Look suitably epic, exotic.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set for release on December 15. Bob Iger has reportedly seen the film already and called it “a great next chapter in the iconic Skywalker family saga”.
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