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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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People have high expectations of Star Wars Episode VIII, since the sequel will be the direct followup to the widely successful Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, Daisy Ridley claims that director Rian Johnson isn't feeling much pressure and is in fact being cheeky when sharing details about the film!

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Ridley happily spoke about working on the new movie, which will begin where The Force Awakens ended: with the first meeting of Rey (Ridley) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in front of the Jedi Temple.

"It's still very lovely and warm and friendly, just like [Episode] Seven was," Ridley said of the Episode VIII set before adding that Johnson has a different approach in sharing details about the
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