At a Disney Shareholders meeting on Tuesday, audience members were lucky enough to see footage from Star Wars Episode VIII.
If you’re looking for major The Last Jedi spoilers, you won’t find them here, but a couple of scenes shown at a Disney Shareholders meeting do offer up some interesting plot details to speculate about.
A journalist at the meeting tweeted out what they saw, starting off with an initial clip that seemed more like a practical joke than actual footage.
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" clip is being screened. But it's a joke, sort of! We just got a few seconds of Rey handing Luke a lightsaber.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
Luckily, there was more to come:
We just saw more "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" footage. In it, Luke asks Rey, "Who are you?" Then we see her deftly handle a lightsaber.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
Also making appearances in "The Last Jedi" footage: Chewbacca, General Leia Organa and Finn.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
One last thing on the "Last Jedi" footage: We saw all sorts of settings — mountains, oceans, forests, deserts. Look suitably epic, exotic.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
That wasn’t quite the end of it, however, as we see fans kept asking questions and Miller was kind enough to provide further detail:
More on "The Last Jedi" clip: We saw a shot of an X-wing wobbling mid-air, under attack inside a giant ship. Looked like a wounded bird.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
More on "The Last Jedi" clip, since ppl are asking: General Leia Organa was onscreen for just a second in military garb and didn't speak.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
A tidbit on "The Last Jedi" footage: In the clip, a character yelled "It's now or never!" Sorry to say I couldn't tell you who screamed it!
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
For all the "Star Wars" fans asking why I wasn't taking pics/videos of what I saw today, I should mention that we weren't allowed to do so.
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017
There isn’t too much to go off of on such little information, but it is interesting to see Disney setting up questions about Rey’s origins and purpose, especially considering it was played alongside her ability to wield a lightsaber.
Clips of Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa will also certainly stir emotions in fans, since the actress passed away late last year.