'Star Wars Episode 8' plot news: Rey dons red in 'The Last Jedi' IMAX poster; Princes Harry and William to cameo as Stormtroopers

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The IMAX poster for "The Last Jedi"

Promotions for "Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi" are now in full swing and the movie's posters are now being revealed. The IMAX posters, however, features the film's major characters against the red background seen in the previous posters for the movie.

The official "Star Wars" twitter account shared this version of the movie's poster. This one in particular features Luke Skywalker, General Leia Organa, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C3-PO as well as the rest of the new faces that will be taking center stage, like Finn, Poe, Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, BB-8, and Rey. Rey is placed in the center, donning a red cloak, which is known to be the color of the Dark Side.

In other news, "The Force Awakens" has had many surprise cameos from several big names, like Simon Pegg and Daniel Craig for one. It seems that "The Last Jedi" will be no different, and this surprise cameo is perhaps the biggest of them all. One could say they would be royal cameos – pun intended.

Princes Harry and William will be making a cameo in "The Last Jedi," according to a source from The Hollywood Reporter. They were long rumored to appear ever since they were seen visiting Pinewood Studios back in April last year. John Boyega, who plays Finn, also revealed back in August that they filmed some scenes while they were there as well.

Although Princes Harry and William are not the only ones who will be making a surprise cameo. Take That member Gary Barlow as well as Tom Hardy had also filmed cameos for the eighth installment. Hardy was filming his cameo around the same time as the royals, as did Barlow. All four of them will be playing Stormtroopers.

What makes these cameos particularly interesting is that they will all appear in the same scene. They will reportedly be guarding Finn in an elevator, which makes it quite a star-studded moment.

"Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi" will premiere on Dec. 15.

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