Daisy Ridley Talks About Star Wars: Episode VIII

It is known that director Rian Johnson and team have began principal photography for the next instalment in the epic Star Wars franchise, Episode VIII. Daisy Ridley who played Rey in Episode VII: The Force Awakens will be reprising her role in the next episode and has recently shared her experience. The movie will be released on December 15, 2017.

Talking about working with Mark Hamill, Daisy revealed, “Me and Mark have been rehearsing a lot, and it’s really amazing. When we went back to Skellig to do the opening of [Episode] VIII, it was so crazy doing the same scene with a different crew of people. He’s amazing to rehearse with, and I’m very excited to be doing the rest of the stuff. It’s such a good story. Seriously. Luke is so cool in this one. Really”.

The movie will follow the events of Episode VII where at the end, Rey found Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren was injured in battle. Episode VIII will be written and directed by Rian. The cast will bring back characters from the previous part and the new additions include Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern and Kelly Marie Tran.

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