STAR WARS EPISODE IX: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12A)

DIRECTOR JJ Abrams provides generations of expectant Padawans and Sith apprentices with the nostalgia-saturated swansong they crave.

Following the death of mentor Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Rey (Daisy Ridley, pictured) finds herself on a parallel journey of self-discovery to Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), who has assumed the position of Supreme Leader of the First Order. Finn ( John Boyega), Chewbacca ( Joonas Suotamo), pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) accompany Rey on her daredevil mission, while General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) presides over the entrenched Resistance. Meanwhile, a shift in the Force propagates rumours about the return of Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid).