New 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Footage Brings Luke Back to the Falcon!
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A new "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" commercial with brand-new footage debuted during the World Series Wednesday (Nov. 1) and it brings Luke Skywalker back to his old friend the Millennium Falcon! Take a look at the commercial above.
The new commercial (called "Awake") reveals loads of new footage from the new film, including a glimpse of Supreme Leader Snoke and what promises to be a truly epic showdown between Finn and Captain Phasma. "Darkness rises," Snoke says in the clip, "and Light to meet it."
7 Big Surprises From the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer
As a reminder, here's what we first saw of the film in the first trailer:
So what do you think? Is the Force strong with this "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" clip?
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" opens in theaters Dec.15.
Email Tariq Malik at tmalik@space.com or follow him @tariqjmalik. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.
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Tariq is the award-winning Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001. He covers human spaceflight, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. He's a recipient of the 2022 Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting and the 2025 Space Pioneer Award from the National Space Society. He is an Eagle Scout and Space Camp alum with journalism degrees from the USC and NYU. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.
