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The <em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</em> Trailer Promises a Dark New Installment

The first teaser for <em>Episode VIII </em>is finally here.
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“It’s time for the Jedi to end.” Thus speaks Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), by this point the godfather of the saga, in the trailer for . Episode VIII of this really quite popular series, which has been chugging away for 40 years, has largely been shrouded in mystery up to this point.and ), there’s been nary a clip released, whereas by this point in 2015, fans already had two trailers for .

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