--- title: Star Wars: Episode VIII Teaser Shows Luke Skywalker, Rey description: Star Wars: Episode VIII doesn't hit theaters until 2017, but filming has begun—and that means the hype is already in full swing. canonical: https://time.com/4224737/star-wars-episode-8-teaser-begins-luke-skywalker-benicio-del-toro/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-15T15:05:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:05:00.195Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Take a Peek Behind the Scenes of the New 'Star Wars' Movie og:description: Luke Skywalker is back og:url: https://time.com/4224737/star-wars-episode-8-teaser-begins-luke-skywalker-benicio-del-toro/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Take a Peek Behind the Scenes of the New 'Star Wars' Movie twitter:description: Luke Skywalker is back twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Take a Peek Behind the Scenes of the New _Star Wars_ Movie by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 15, 2016 3:05 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 15, 2016 3:05 PM UTC _Star Wars: Episode VIII_ doesn’t hit theaters until 2017, but [filming has begun](http://time.com/4215673/star-wars-episode-viii-filming-2/)—and that means [the hype is already in full swing](https://youtu.be/GQQMLE4FuIQ). The producers of the movie, for now just titled _Episode VIII_, gave fans a little peek behind the scenes of filming for the new movie, picking up—SPOILER ALERT FOR EPISODE VII—just after Rey finally tracks down Luke Skywalker to give him his long lost light saber. And Luke is looking quite pensive. Watch it above. The start of filming in London also brought the news that [Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern are joining the cast](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-episode-viii-adds-865327). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4224737/star-wars-episode-8-teaser-begins-luke-skywalker-benicio-del-toro/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4224737/star-wars-episode-8-teaser-begins-luke-skywalker-benicio-del-toro/"},"headline":"Take a Peek Behind the Scenes of the New Star Wars Movie","datePublished":"2016-02-15T15:05:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:05:00.195Z","description":"Luke Skywalker is back","url":"https://time.com/4224737/star-wars-episode-8-teaser-begins-luke-skywalker-benicio-del-toro/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4224737/star-wars-episode-8-teaser-begins-luke-skywalker-benicio-del-toro/","name":"Take a Peek Behind the Scenes of the New Star Wars Movie"}}]}] ```