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[alicenthightower]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Commentary.

[reyfinndameron]

Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa with her daughter Billie Lourd as Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair.

This is a common refrain among the new generation of Star Wars actors: that Fisher was the one who taught them how to deal. Boyega recalled that when there was a backlash against his appearance in the first Force Awakens teaser trailer, released in November 2014—the sight of a black man in stormtrooper armor drew ire from racists and doctrinaire Star Wars traditionalists—Fisher counseled him not to take it to heart. “I remember—and forgive me, I’m going to drop the f-bomb, but that’s just Carrie—she said, ‘Ah, boohoo, who fuckin’ cares? You just do you,’ ” he said. “Words like that give you strength. I bore witness in a million ways to her sharing her wisdom with Daisy too.”

[alicenthightower]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Deleted Scenes: Mega Destroyer Incursion, Extended Version.

[alicenthightower]

Star Wars The Last Jedi Meet Rose Preview.

[alicenthightower]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer + colors

Something inside me has always been there, but now it’s awake, and I need help.

[alicenthightower]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer (Official)

I’ve seen this raw strength only once before. It didn’t scare me enough then. It does now.

[reyfinndameron]

Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran), Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern), and DJ (Benicio Del Toro) photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair

Among Johnson’s inventions for The Last Jedi are three significant new figures: a “shady character” of unclear allegiances, played by Benicio Del Toro, who goes unnamed in the film but is called DJ by the filmmakers (“You’ll see—there’s a reason why we call him DJ,” Johnson said); a prominent officer in the Resistance named Vice Admiral Holdo, played by Laura Dern; and a maintenance worker for the Resistance named Rose Tico, who is played by a young actress named Kelly Marie Tran (and who is the sister of Paige, the character I witnessed in the scene with Poe Dameron). Tran’s is the largest new part, and her plotline involves a mission behind enemy lines with Boyega’s Finn, the stormtrooper turned Resistance warrior.

[reyfinndameron]

Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma, photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair.

[alicenthightower]

Rey in the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser

Breathe, just breathe. Now, reach out. What do you see? Light....darkness...the balance.

[alicenthightower]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser

I only know one truth: it’s time for the Jedi to end.