Star Wars: The Last Jedi features touching end credit tribute to Carrie Fisher... as fans and critics spot secret messages and hidden meanings in dramatic film scenes
It is the most hotly-anticipated film of the year, has won critical acclaim and is tipped to score the highest opening weekend of the year
And the lure of the Dark Side and explosive lightsaber fights aside, Star Wars fans eagerly counting down the hours until they watch The Last Jedi have an extra surprise in store at the end of the film.
At the end of the first set of credits Episode VIII features a touching tribute to late Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher, who died aged 60 on December 27 last year.
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Forever Princess Leia: Star Wars: The Last Jedi features a touching tribute to late Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher, who died aged 60 on December 27 last year
Meaning: As buzz around The Last Jedi reaches fever pitch, fans and critics lucky enough to have taken in the space saga at advance screenings have spotted secret messages and hidden meanings in many of the film's dramatic scenes
It reads: 'In loving memory of our princess, Carrie Fisher.'
As buzz around The Last Jedi reaches fever pitch, fans and critics lucky enough to have taken in the space saga at advance screenings have spotted secret messages and hidden meanings in many of the film's dramatic scenes.
500 Days of Summer star Joseph Gordon Levitt, who has a voiceover role in the film is listed in the credits as a character named 'Slowen-Lo' in a nod to the Beastie Boys song Slow and Low.
This is the latest in a series of Beastie Boys inspired characters which also includes Ello Atsy (Hello Nasty) and Illco Munico (Ill Communication). The star is known to be a huge fan of the American hip-hop group.
Hidden: 500 Days of Summer star Joseph Gordon Levitt, who has a voiceover role in the film is listed in the credits as a character named 'Slowen-Lo' in a nod to the Beastie Boys song Slow and Low
Acclaimed: This is the latest in a series of Beastie Boys inspired characters which also includes Ello Atsy (Hello Nasty) and Illco Munico (Ill Communication). The star is known to be a huge fan of the American hip-hop group
Rogue One director Gareth Edwards also joins the list of star cameos, as he appears in the trenches of Crait.
Justin Theroux also appears as a master codebreaker in a scene involving Finn (John Boyega) and Rose (Kelly Marie Tran).
There are also two homages to the original trilogy. Luke hands a set of gold dice to Leia, the same set that Han Solo had dangling from the ceiling of his Millennium Falcon in A New Hope.
And on Luke's metal hand, cut off by his evil father Darth Vader during their duel in Cloud City, there is a mark from where a blaster bolt hit him in Return of The Jedi.
Cameo: Justin Theroux also appears as a master codebreaker in a scene involving Finn (John Boyega) and Rose (Kelly Marie Tran) above
Tribute: There are also two homages to the original trilogy. Luke hands a set of gold dice to Leia, the same set that Han Solo had dangling from the ceiling of his Millennium Falcon in A New Hope
Homage: On Luke's metal hand, cut off by his evil father Darth Vader during their duel in Cloud City, there is a mark from where a blaster bolt hit him in Return of The Jedi
The Last Jedi, which is out on December 15, picks up with the Resistance fighting Supreme Leader Snoke´s First Order which is trying to take over the galaxy.
The film's release comes two years after The Force Awakens.
Rey (Daisy Ridley) tries to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to join the Resistance and bring hope to the rebels against Snoke's villainous rule.
The star-studded ensemble cast, including Ridley, John Boyega, Lupita Nyong'o, Adam Driver, Andy Serkis and Hamill.
Out now: The Last Jedi, which is out on December 15, picks up with the Resistance fighting Supreme Leader Snoke´s First Order which is trying to take over the galaxy
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