STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Director Reveals The Name Of The Mysterious New Planet Featured In First Trailer
Even though you still might be in shock after seeing the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, director Rian Johnson has decided to share details and the name of the film's new planet!
Aside from the lightsaber battles, space dog fights, and the iconic music composed by John Williams, the Star Wars franchise has always been innovative when it comes to creating realistic, and of course, alien planets. Visually stunning while unique in their own way, planets such as Endor, Hoth, Naboo, Mustafar, and Tatooine have all taken their place as some of the most fascinating planets in the Star Wars universe.
Now, it looks like director Rian Johnson will contribute his own distinctive location, which can be seen in the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and according to the director, the planet will be know as Crait.
During his interview with Entertainment Weekly, Johnson revealed that Crait is in fact a "mineral planet" that is home to "an old rebel base there that’s now abandoned.” The director then goes on to say that Crait "ends up playing a key role in the movie,” while also revealing that the Resistance skimmers seen in the trailer taking on the First Order walkers are a sort of rapid response team, “[showing] up where they have to deal with a very pressing and immediate threat.”