The trailer for the final Star Wars trilogy movie - Episode IX 'Rise of Skywalker' - has dropped - featuring the ominous return of one of the saga's biggest villians.
In the final moments of the trailer for the ninth original Star Wars film, the villainous cackle of evil emperor Palpatine can be heard.
The iconic role was played by Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid - who surprised fans at a Star Wars Celebration event after the teaser was played out.
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The 74-year-old actor from Carnoustie walked on stage to a loud applause after his shock return to the trilogy.
The much-awaited movie will be released in cinemas in December.
JJ Abrams has also confirmed that Carrie Fisher's Leia will live on in the new movie.
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The director said he was able to integrate unused scenes of Leia from The Force Awakens into the story.
Speaking at the celebration event in Chicago, Abrams said having a CG character, recasting or just having her disappear were not options.
Fisher died in December 2016, after shooting had finished on The Last Jedi, and her character is alive in the last shot of the film.
It has been a lingering question as to how the final instalment in the new trilogy would handle Fisher's passing.
Abrams said that Leia lives in the film in a way that is mindblowing to him.
The director also said Star Wars Episode IX does not pick up immediately after the events of The Last Jedi.
He said some time has gone by since the events of the last film and teased that it will be an adventure that the group goes on together.
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy also reiterated that Episode IX will close out the newest trilogy and the nine-film Skywalker saga that began in 1977.
