Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Timing: 2:32 (152 min)

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Photo 424

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Release date

2017-12-13

Country

United States

Production

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Genre

Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

Budget

$317 000 000

Revenue

$1 332 539 889

Website

https://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-viii-the-last-jedi

Director

Rian Johnson

Actors

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Rian Johnson

Producer

Kathleen Kennedy, Ram Bergman, Leifur B. Dagfinnsson, Andres Jauernick, Tom Karnowski, J.J. Abrams, Jason McGatlin

Operator

Steve Yedlin

Composer

John Williams

Artist

Liam Georgensen

Audition

Mary Vernieu, Nina Gold, Milivoj Mestrovic

Editing

Bob Ducsay, Wendy Alcázar, Adam Teeuw
All team (214)

• Filming of some scenes with Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley took place in September 2015 on the Skellig Michael rock island, approximately 15 kilometers west of the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. In 2014, the final scene of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" was also filmed there.
• Joaquin Phoenix turned down the role that was played by Benicio del Toro.
• Originally, it was planned that Ryan Johnson would direct "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." He ended up directing "Star Wars: Episode 8".
• Rian Johnson was so impressed by Henry King's "Vertical Flight" (1949) and Mikhail Kalatozov's "The Unsent Letter" (1959) that he organized screenings of them for the actors before filming.
• Production of the film began on February 15, 2016.
• This is the last film featuring American actress Carrie Fisher, who died on December 27, 2016.
• The film's title was published on the official Star Wars website on January 23, 2017.
• Initially, in March 2015, it was announced that the world premiere of the eighth episode of "Star Wars" would take place on May 26, 2017. Later, in January 2016, it became known that Walt Disney Pictures had moved the film's release forward by seven months – to December 13, 2017, worldwide and December 14 in Russia. The date change was due to the great box office success of the previous film, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," which was also released in theaters in December.
• The original title of the film is Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Director Rian Johnson stated in an interview that he intended the word "Jedi" to be in the singular. However, the film was released in Russian with the plural subtitle "The Last Jedi."
• In July 2015, it was announced that Benicio Del Toro would play the villain in the film. The actor later confirmed his involvement in the project. In "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace," Del Toro was cast as Darth Maul, but he declined to film when George Lucas cut almost all of the character's lines from the script.
• The computer model of Supreme Leader Snoke was reworked for this film after "The Force Awakens," as, unlike the previous installment, the character appears in the flesh here, and director Rian Johnson felt that Andy Serkis's voice was too powerful for the frail old man Snoke appears to be as a hologram. Actors Michael Fassbender, Steven Berkoff, and Ben Kingsley's character from "Sexy Beast" served as prototypes for the antagonist's new physical form. Interestingly, Michael Fassbender was offered an unknown role in the franchise during the casting of the seventh episode.
• Some scenes featuring Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley were filmed in September 2015 on the rocky island of Skellig Michael, approximately 15 kilometers west of the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. In 2014, the same location was used to film the final scene of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'.
• Originally, Ryan Johnson was planned to direct 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'. He ultimately directed 'Star Wars: Episode VIII'.
• Ryan Johnson was so impressed by Henry King's 'Twelve O'Clock High' (1949) and Mikhail Kalatozov's 'The Unsent Letter' (1959) that he organized screenings of them for the actors before filming.
• Initially, in March 2015, it was announced that the worldwide premiere of the eighth episode of 'Star Wars' would be on May 26, 2017. Later, in January 2016, Walt Disney Pictures announced that the film's release had been moved forward by seven months — to December 13, 2017, worldwide, and December 14 in Russia. The date change was due to the considerable box office success of the previous film, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' which was also released in December.
• The film's original title is 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'. Director Ryan Johnson stated in an interview that he intended the word 'Jedi' to be singular. However, the film was released in Russian with the plural subtitle 'The Last Jedi'.
• In July 2015, it was announced that Benicio Del Toro would play the villain in the film. The actor later confirmed his involvement in the project. In "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace," Del Toro was cast as Darth Maul, but refused to film when George Lucas cut almost all of the character's lines from the script.
• The computer model of Supreme Leader Snoke was reworked for this film after "The Force Awakens," as, unlike the previous installment, the character appears in the flesh, and director Rian Johnson felt that Andy Serkis' voice was too powerful for the frail old man Snoke appears to be as a hologram. Michael Fassbender, Steven Berkoff, and Ben Kingsley's character from "Sexy Beast" served as prototypes for the antagonist's new physical form. Interestingly, Michael Fassbender was offered an unknown role in the franchise during the casting of the seventh episode.