Empire magazine has featured a new image from Star Wars: The Last Jedi on their latest cover. The new snap features Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker and Daisy Ridley’s Rey in action from Rian Johnson’s upcoming sequel, the seventh in the Star Wars saga.
Inside the magazine, we also are treated to a look at Poe Dameron’s new X-Wing fighter. The mag also provided a description of the new spaceship.
“The X-Wing (an Incom-FreiTek T-70, to be precise) has, according to Rian Johnson, been specially modified by Resistance engineers, with a temporary accelerator pod affixed to the aft section. According to The Last Jedi director, the pod, when primed, increases Dameron’s speed, allowing him to outrun First Order cannon emplacements. It’s just a temporary boost and will burn out quickly but it’s enough to get beyond the barrage of turbo laser fire from First Order Star Destroyers such as the one depicted in the image.”
Check out the new images above. Rian Johnson directs from his own screenplay. The film features the late Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Daisy Ridley as Rey, John Boyega as Finn, Lupita Nyong’o as Maz Kanata, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, Domhnall Gleeson as Hux, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma, and Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke. Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern, and newcomer Kelly Marie Tran are all joining the franchise for this new installment.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in regular and IMAX theaters on December 15, 2017. Empire magazine is in stores now.
