New cast members have been announced for the next Star Wars movie as filming begins at Pinewood Studios.
Among the stars featuring in Episode VIII will be The Usual Suspects and Sicario actor Benicio Del Toro as well as Jurassic Park and Wild actress Laura Dern.
Newcomer Kelly Marie Tran also joins the line-up and although no further details have been given on their roles, Del Toro is expected to play a baddie.
Tran has appeared in a number of College Humour videos and small roles in TV series such as About A Boy.
Del Toro is also known for his roles in Traffic and Guy Ritchie's Snatch.
Dern was nominated last year for an Oscar for her role in Wild, playing Bobbi, the mother of Reese Witherspoon's character.
The trio will join among others, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Mark Hamill, who also starred in Episode VII.
Episode VIII will hit cinemas on 15 December 2017, seven months later than its initial debut date of 26 May 2017.
The new casting was announced alongside a short clip that also introduced new director Rian Johnson, who replaces JJ Abrams in the hotseat.
Johnson has also written the new film.
The footage picked up from the first meeting of Rey (Ridley) and Luke Skywalker (Hamill) on the planet of Ahch-To, with Rey offering him his old lightsaber.
It was filmed in September at the same location as scenes for Episode VII, on the island of Skellig Michael, off the coast of County Kerry in Ireland.
A Facebook post read: "We are thrilled to announce Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern and Kelly Marie Tran will join Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill and director Rian Johnson for Star Wars: Episode VIII, which begins shooting at London's Pinewood Studio today.
"May the Force be with you, always."
Boyega, who will reprise his role as Finn and picked up the Rising Star Bafta on Sunday night, tweeted: "First day on Star Wars 8 complete ! We must face them! Fight them!"
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