Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a 2017 space opera film and the eighth film in the Star Wars Saga.

It was directed and written by Rian Johnson and released on December 15, 2017, approximately forty years after the release of the original trilogy.

Film Chronology

 * The Last Jedi takes place moments after The Force Awakens.

Film Connections

 * The following events are referred to from the seventh episode of the Star Wars trilogy.
 * Finn defecting from the First Order.
 * Rey defeating Kylo Ren in their duel on Starkiller Base.
 * R2-D2 plays the recording of Leia's message intended to give to Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker, which he first viewed in A New Hope.