Following the launch of the awesome new trailer for Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick this morning, Disney and Lucasfilm are gearing up to send fans on an even bigger nostalgia trip as they host the red carpet world premiere for the long-awaited Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
After forty-two years of adventures, the film will finally bring the Skywalker saga to an epic close as Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) make a last stand against Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the seemingly resurrected Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) in order to save the universe.
The franchise's biggest stars are all expected to be in attendance tonight, including both Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo), and there are also a vast number of special guests that'll be popping in throughout the night to celebrate the end of the nine-film journey.
From the film: Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Naomi Ackie, Anthony Daniels, Richard E. Grant, Ian McDiarmid, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Billy Dee Williams, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg; J.J. Abrams (director/writer/producer), Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan (producers), Callum Greene, Jason McGatlin (executive producers), John Williams (composer), Chris Terrio (writer), Dan Mindel (director of photography), Rick Carter (production designer), Michael Kaplan costume designer), Maryann Brandon, Stefan Grube (editors)
Special Guests: Harrison Ford, Omid Abtahi, Amy Adams, Elizabeth Banks, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Bergeron, Ahmed Best, Steve Blum, Josh Brener, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gina Carano, Zooey Deschanel, Ashley Eckstein, Donald Faison, Jeff Garlin, Sean Giambrone, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jeff Gordon, Nolan Gould, Taylor Gray, Chris Holmes, Saul Hudson, Ryan Kalil, Taran Killam, Matt Lanter, Scott Lawrence, Daniel Logan, Vanessa Marshall, Gaten Matarazzo, Frances McDormand, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Suzie McGrath, Bobby Moynihan, Frank Oz, Kim Raver, Rico Rodriguez, Ben Schwartz, Drew Scott, Jonathan Scott, Marcus Scribner, Christopher Sean, Elisabeth Shue, Tiya Sircar, Cobie Smulders, Emily Swallow, James Arnold Taylor, Myrna Velasco, Ming-Na Wen, Bryan Burke
Guest Directors/Filmmakers: Steven Spielberg, Ram Bergman, Niki Caro, Deborah Chow, Joel Coen, Ava DuVernay, Rick Famuyiwa, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Ludwig Goransson, Reginald Hudlin, Jake Kasdan, Jon Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan, Spike Lee, Damon Lindelof, Peyton Reed, Jenno Topping, Jon Watts
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Lucasfilm and director J.J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens in U.S. theaters on December 20.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker features:
Director: J.J. Abrams
Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
Adam Driver as Ben Solo/Kylo Ren
Daisy Ridley as Rey
John Boyega as Finn
Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Naomi Ackie as Jannah
Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux
Richard E. Grant as Allegiant General Pryde
Lupita Nyong’o as Maz Kanata
Keri Russell as Zorii Bliss
Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca
Kelly Marie Tran as Rose Tico
Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian
Billie Lourd as Lieutenant Connix
Brian Herring as BB-8
Jimmy Vee as R2-D2
Greg Grunberg as Temmin "Snap" Wexley
Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine/Darth Sidious
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters December 20