Star Wars: Episode VIII - 8 Biggest Reveals From Celebration Europe You Need To Know

6. Gareth Edwards Has A Cameo (And Rian Johnson's In Rogue One)

Director cameos are all the rage now in Star Wars it seems - a good five minutes of the panel was spent with the guests chatting about crossing over into each other's movies. The most pertinent to Episode VIII is that Gareth Edwards has a part; they even showed a still. What exactly he's playing was hard to make out, but it appears to be a Resistance soldier. So keep your eyes peeled in 2017.

On the flip-side, Rian Johnson has a bit-part in Edwards' Rogue One, and one that he took because he knew it would have to be in the movie; he's one of the Imperial officers manning the Death Star laser. Now not only is that a great bit of trivia, but it reveals that we'll probably see the Death Star do more than sit looming in the sky in that film.