Title and release date for next Star Wars film revealed

The next Star Wars film, Episode 8, will be titled.... wait for it...

The wait for VIII begins... pic.twitter.com/2X6AXnz9yx

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 23, 2017

Here's what we know: the new film will have Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong'o, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, reprising their roles. The dearly departed Carrie Fisher will also appear in the film, though the studio wanted to make it clear that any footage of Fisher was of herself, and was not digitally re-created. ''We want to assure our fans that Lucasfilm has no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher's performance as Princess or General Leia Organa," Lucasfilm said in a statement.
The Last Jedi has been written and directed by Rian Johnson, with The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams acting as executive producer, along with Jason McGatlin and Tom Karnowski. The film will be released this December.