The trailer for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ will debut on ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ during halftime. The movie hits theaters Dec. 15.
Star Wars fans, are you ready for some football?
Regardless of whether or not you are a fan of the Minnesota Vikings or Chicago Bears, who play Monday night, you may want to be watching — or DVRing — Monday Night Football because the trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi will debut during halftime.
After the game, which starts at 8:15 p.m. ET/5:15 PT on ESPN, tickets for the film, which opens Dec. 15, will go on sale online at sites including Fandango.
The Last Jedi, the eighth installment in the George Lucas-created film franchise, picks up where 2015’s The Force Awakens left off, with reclusive Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) training prospective acolyte Rey (Daisy Ridley) in the ways of the Force.
A teaser trailer for the film, released in April, hinted at reasons for Luke’s hermit-like existence and what drove Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) to the Dark Side.
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