Sights and Sounds from The Last Jedi Red Carpet Premiere
LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 09: Filmmaker/puppeteer Frank Oz attends the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ at The Shrine Auditorium on December 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Frank Oz made an appearance on the red carpet. Does this mean we’ll get some form of Yoda in The Last Jedi? Fingers crossed.
And, here’s the new Chewbacca actor, Joonas Suotamo. Suotamo has taken over for Star Wars icon, and beloved actor, Peter Mayhew, who was unable to perform some of Chewie’s scenes.
LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 09: Actor and Finnish basketball player Joonas Suotamo (L) and Milla Pohjasvaara attend the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ at The Shrine Auditorium on December 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Speaking of Peter Mayhew, here he is.
LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 09: Actor Peter Mayhew attends the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ at The Shrine Auditorium on December 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Janina Gavankar walked the red carpet. You may recognize her as the model for and voice of Iden Versio in Star Wars Battlefront II.
LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 09: Actress Janina Gavankar attends the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ at The Shrine Auditorium on December 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Rian Johnson — writer and director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi — was there, of course.
LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 09: Karina Longworth (L) and writer/director Rian Johnson attend the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ at The Shrine Auditorium on December 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)