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TODAY’S MUST SEE: Mark Hamill goes undercover as a Stormtrooper

Star Wars luminary and long-time franchise scribe Lawrence Kasdan claims that Star Wars: Episode VIII will be “so different” compared to J.J. Abrams’ The Force Awakens. Ridley told Elle magazine that she relied on “lots of fish, legumes and spirulina shakes”.

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The black British lead actor of the hotly-anticipated new Star Wars film has been virtually erased from a poster to promote the film in China. CNN is asking you to join our competition as we search the galaxy for the best fan art celebrating Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Stormtroopers and BB-8 might have gotten a bigger role in China’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster, but that apparently came at the diminishment of some key players – namely, Chewbacca.

Kylo Ren is the newest Star Wars villain, played by Adam Driver. Earlier today, several of the cast members took part in a global Twitter Q&A session, where Harrison Ford seemed to reveal a massive SPOILER.

This poster definitely rises above numerous “Force Awakens” memes and spoofs like a landspeeder rising above the sands on Tatooine. “If I keep it a secret until the day it comes out, I get that payment”. In an interview with CBS in November, he said he submitted ideas for the new films but “ultimately, they looked at the stories and they said, ‘We want to make something for the fans, ‘” Lucas said.

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When Star Wars hits cinemas later this month in the UK, Carrie Fisher will reprise her role as Princess Leia and Mark Hamill will also return as Luke Skywalker. I think I’d much prefer to watch it together because you get a sense of how other people are feeling as well, and that’s exciting. “You know, if I’m the only one, I’ll look bad – but if he doesn’t do it, I don’t have to do it”.

Mark Hamill