Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Every Reveal From EW's Cover Story

10. Luke's Return To The Falcon

Star Wars Luke Skywalker Millennium Falcon
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While Luke Skywalker has been a key part of the marketing for The Last Jedi - a stark and deliberate contrast to the buildup for The Force Awakens - almost all of his scenes have been contained to Ahch-To. The onus has been on his training of Rey (or reluctance to do just that), but we do know he'll be making it off the island.

We've had one brief shot of him in the Millennium Falcon, and EW spoke to Mark Hamill about his return to the cockpit of the old hunk of junk for the first time in decades. The actor said:

“I’m telling you, I didn’t expect to have the reaction I had. I was there with my family, with [my children] Nathan and Griffin and Chelsea and my wife Marilou, and [Lucasfilm] asked if the documentary crew could be there when I came back on the Millennium Falcon. I mean, this was not on the shooting day. I was just street clothes and going to visit that set. And I said, ‘Sure.’

"It was sort of like visiting an old house that you lived in when you were a kid. I mean, I just welled up with emotion and I said, ‘I need to be by myself.’”

Rian Johnson, meanwhile, added that the ship is full of "ghosts" for Luke now, which makes sense after the death of Han Solo and how much distance has been put between him and Leia.

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