There is good news for fans of Star Wars movies. There will be another episode. It will be ninth film to be made. The name of new Star Wars movie was announced in Chicago. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is two-minute trailer of movie for people to watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives people taste of what the new movie will be like. The trailer was first posted on Twitter, with words: "Every generation has legend." The new film will have all-star cast. Actor Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died in 2016, but filmmakers were able to use previously unseen footage from the movie "The Force Awakens".
The Star Wars movies are among most successful films ever made. The first one was released in 1977 and was made by film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later, they are still hugely popular. Lucas' company Lucasfilm made first six movies. Disney bought company in 2012 for just over $4 billion. In 2018, total value of Star Wars franchise was estimated to be around $65 billion. Film critic Roger Ebert said first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced how movies were made for decades after. original Star Wars movie began new generation of films that used lot of special effects and high-energy action scenes.
