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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premiere red carpet photos

The stars came out in a galaxy far, far away.
James Hibberd
By James Hibberd December 16, 2019 at 09:51 PM EST
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Daisy Ridley and John Boyega

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Returning as Rey and Finn, respectively

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Daisy Ridley 

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Kelly Marie Tran

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Returns as Rose Tico

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Mark Hamill 

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Reprises his role as Luke Skywalker

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Driver returns as Kylo Ren

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Russell plays Zorii Bliss in the new film

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Oscar Isaac

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Returns as Poe Dameron

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Naomi Ackie

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Ackie plays Jannah in the new film

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Reprises his role of Chewbacca

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Director J.J. Abrams 

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"I hope [fans] feel a version of that thing I felt when I was 10 — and that’s that feeling of infinite possibility and hope," Abrams said on the red carpet.

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Anthony Daniels 

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Out of costume as C-3PO

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Richard E. Grant 

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Plays a new character, Allegiant General Pryde

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Billy Dee Williams 

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Returns as Lando Calrissian

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Harrison Ford

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Played Han Solo in the Star Wars saga

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Ian McDiarmid

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Returns as Emperor Palpatine

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Reprises his role as Snap Wexley

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Ford reunites with Driver, his on-screen son

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Showrunner of The Mandalorian

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Steven Spielberg 

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The Mandalorian unmasked

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Plays Cara Dune in The Mandalorian

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Plays Fennec Shand in The Mandalorian

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Plays the Armorer in The Mandalorian

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Has a role in The Rise of Skywalker

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Ahmed Best

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Played Jar-Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace

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Ridley interviews a young fan dressed as her character, Rey

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Tran hugs a fan dressed as her character, Rose Tico

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    1 of 42 Daisy Ridley and John Boyega
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    3 of 42 Kelly Marie Tran
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    9 of 42 Naomi Ackie
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    12 of 42 Chewbacca 
    13 of 42 Director J.J. Abrams 
    14 of 42 Anthony Daniels 
    15 of 42 Richard E. Grant 
    16 of 42 Billy Dee Williams 
    17 of 42 Harrison Ford
    18 of 42 Billy Dee Williams and Harrison Ford
    19 of 42 Ian McDiarmid
    20 of 42 Greg Grunberg
    21 of 42 Harrison Ford and Adam Driver
    22 of 42 R2-D2 and C-3PO
    23 of 42 BB-8 and D-O
    24 of 42 Jon Favreau
    25 of 42 Steven Spielberg 
    26 of 42 Pedro Pascal
    27 of 42 Gina Carano
    28 of 42 Ming-Na Wen
    29 of 42 Emily Swallow 
    30 of 42 Dominic Monaghan
    31 of 42 Ava DuVernay
    32 of 42 Ahmed Best
    33 of 42 Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Naomi Ackie, Kelly Marie Tran, Anthony Daniels, and Oscar Isaac
    34 of 42 John Boyega, Marilou York, Mark Hamill, and Kelly Marie Tran  
    35 of 42 Joonas Suotamo, Ian McDiarmid, and Richard E. Grant
    36 of 42 Daisy Ridley
    37 of 42 Kelly Marie Tran
    38 of 42 Tonya Lewis Lee and Spike Lee
    39 of 42 Gaten Matarazzo
    40 of 42 Drew Scott and Zooey Deschanel
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