The Atlantic

The <em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</em> Trailer Promises a Dark New Installment

The first teaser for <em>Episode VIII </em>is finally here.
Source: Disney / Lucasfilm

“It’s time for the Jedi to end.” Thus speaks Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), by this point the godfather of the saga, in the trailer for . Episode VIII of this really quite popular series, which has been chugging away for 40 years, has largely been shrouded in mystery up to this point.and ), there’s been nary a clip released, whereas by this point in 2015, fans already had two trailers for .

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Atlantic

The Atlantic4 min read
Hayao Miyazaki’s Anti-war Fantasia
Once, in a windowless conference room, I got into an argument with a minor Japanese-government official about Hayao Miyazaki. This was in 2017, three years after the director had announced his latest retirement from filmmaking. His final project was
The Atlantic7 min readAmerican Government
The Americans Who Need Chaos
This is Work in Progress, a newsletter about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Sign up here. Several years ago, the political scientist Michael Bang Petersen, who is based in Denmark, wanted to understand why peop
The Atlantic4 min read
KitchenAid Did It Right 87 Years Ago
My KitchenAid stand mixer is older than I am. My dad bought the white-enameled machine 35 years ago, during a brief first marriage. The bits of batter crusted into its cracks could be from the pasta I made yesterday or from the bread he made then. I

Related Books & Audiobooks