Writer-director Rian Johnson says that Luke Skywalker and Rey are the “beating heart” of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but he won’t go into the title’s meaning. With about five months to go before eighth Star Wars episode’s release in theaters, fans were treated to another peek into the film over the weekend at Disney’s biennial D23 Expo in Anaheim, California.

Since the production has been shrouded in secrecy since the get-go, fans have few opportunities to piece together the semblance of a story apart from the debut of the film’s only trailer at Star Wars Celebration in April, and Vanity Fair‘s behind-the-scenes look at the production in May.

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