Star Wars 8: The Last Jedi review round-up - live updates: Spoiler-free verdicts praise 'best film yet'
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Your support makes all the difference.Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a matter of days away with the first-look reviews dropping today at 5pm GMT.
The follow-up to JJ Abrams' 2015 sequel The Force Awakens reunites Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac for a film that also sees the return of Luke Skywalker and General Leia Organa in what will be Carrie Fisher's final appearance following her death in December 2016.
UPDATE: Read The Independent's review here.
Initial verdicts of the film - directed by Rian Johnson - flooded in on Twitter over the weekend with some deeming it the best Star Wars films since The Empire Strikes Back.
In any case, Disney and Lucasfilm seem to be happy with the outcome - it was revealed last month that Johnson will oversee a brand new trilogy of films after the release of Episode IX set in “...a corner of the galaxy that Star Wars lore has never explored.”
Below are the reviews of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Domhnall Gleeson, Laura Dern, Benicio del Toro and Kelly Marie Tran also star. The film is released in the UK on 14 December.
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Here are some of the first social media reactions plus what our critics thought of the movie. The embargo for reviews drops at 5pm, at which time we will post snippets from publications around the world.
Rian Johnson dedicated the LA premiere to Carrie Fisher, who played the iconic Princess/General Leia
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