Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premiere red carpet photos

The stars came out in a galaxy far, far away.
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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John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran

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Mark Hamill 

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Reprises his role as Luke Skywalker

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Adam Driver and Joanne Tucker

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Driver returns as Kylo Ren

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Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell

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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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Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver

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Joonas Suotamo

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Reprises his role of Chewbacca

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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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Billy Dee Williams and Harrison Ford

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Ian McDiarmid

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Returns as Emperor Palpatine

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Greg Grunberg

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Reprises his role as Snap Wexley

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Harrison Ford and Adam Driver

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Ford reunites with Driver, his on-screen son

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R2-D2 and C-3PO

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BB-8 and D-O

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Jon Favreau

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Showrunner of The Mandalorian

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Steven Spielberg 

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Pedro Pascal

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The Mandalorian unmasked

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Gina Carano

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Plays Cara Dune in The Mandalorian

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Ming-Na Wen

Plays Fennec Shand in The Mandalorian

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Emily Swallow 

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Plays the Armorer in The Mandalorian

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Dominic Monaghan

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Has a role in The Rise of Skywalker

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Ava DuVernay

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Ahmed Best

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Played Jar-Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace

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Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Naomi Ackie, Kelly Marie Tran, Anthony Daniels, and Oscar Isaac

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John Boyega, Marilou York, Mark Hamill, and Kelly Marie Tran  

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Joonas Suotamo, Ian McDiarmid, and Richard E. Grant

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Daisy Ridley

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Ridley interviews a young fan dressed as her character, Rey

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Kelly Marie Tran

Tran hugs a fan dressed as her character, Rose Tico

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Tonya Lewis Lee and Spike Lee

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Gaten Matarazzo

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Drew Scott and Zooey Deschanel

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Danny DeVito

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Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith

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