Who Will Return For ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’

As we are less than two weeks away from the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the news cycle will quickly turn Star War: Episode VIII.

Who survived The Force Awakens? From the trailers, it looks like at least one person dies in The Force Awakens.

Where is Luke Skywalker?

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Who is returning to Episode VIII?

What new characters will be added to Episode VIII?

Turn back now, spoilers ahead.

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We know that Andy Serkis’ character Supreme Leader Snoke is a major villian throughout the new Star Wars trilogy.

This week we found out that Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma will return for Episode VIII.

Kennedy told the LA Times she has big plans for Phasma and confirmed that the captain will carry on into the next movie. “She’s an important character, a baddie in the best sense of the word.”

So know we some of the villains that will return, but what about the heroes?

Star Wars: Episode VIII is directed by Rian Johnson and will be in theaters on May 26, 2017.

Matthew Sardo
Matthew Sardo
As the founder of Monkeys Fighting Robots, I'm currently training for my next job as an astronaut cowboy. Reformed hockey goon, comic book store owner, video store clerk, an extra in 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon,' 'Welcome Back Freshman,' and for one special day, I was a Ghostbuster.