Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer - 10 Things We Want To See

7. A Tease Of New Characters

Wild Laura Dern
Fox Searchlight Pictures

As it stands, there are three big new additions to the cast for The Last Jedi, and no that's not including Take That's Gary Barlow.

Laura Dern (Jurassic Park, Wild), Benicio del Toro (The Usual Suspects, Sicario), and Kelly Marie Tran (College Humour) are all onboard, with each believed to have a significant role in the movie.

None of the roles have been confirmed, though there are rumours of Dern being someone high up in the Resistance, Tran being heavily involved with Finn, and del Toro being a villain-but-not-really-a-villain-but-still-maybe-a-bad-guy-kinda.

Their importance to the plot, and whether there's supposed to be any mystery to their characters, should determine how much we see of them, but at least getting a glimpse of each (again, unless it's supposed to be a surprise reveal) would be a good way to introduce them and make their appearances known to a wider audience.

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