Don’t Expect To Hear The ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ Title Soon, Says Daisy Ridley
Production is wrapped onStar Wars: Episode VIII, and with post-production underway, John Williamswill begin his work on the film’s scoreimminently. So far details have been pretty sparse on information about the sequel, which is exactly what we all expected. However, some fans have been hoping that we would get an official title for the movie sooner than later. But according toStar Wars: The Force AwakensstarDaisy Ridley, we may be waiting a while longer.
Find out what Daisy Ridley had to say about theStar Wars Episode VIIItitle after the jump.
Daisy Ridley appeared on a popular podcast calledMy Dad Wrote a Porno(viaStar Wars Underworld) from across the pond, and they briefly touched uponEpisode VIII, specifically if we might find out a title sometime soon. Here’s what the actress had to say on the matter:
I heard a title, but I don’t know if it’s going to be that. I really don’t know much about anything. I heard the title a long time ago before we started filming, and so I feel some things have slightly tweaked during production. It’s going to be a while before it’s released I imagine.
Ridley is being pretty modest when she says “I really don’t know much about anything,” but more than likely she’s referring to decisions like what the final title will be, when we’ll find out about it, and other parts of the movie that she doesn’t have a say in at all. Once production is wrapped, Ridley is done with the movie until she has to do some ADR work and eventually promote the movie non-stop in every form of media possible.
Just because Ridley has heard a title doesn’t mean it will end up being the final name for the movie either. Let’s not forget that for a long time, the title ofStar Wars: Episode VIIwas intended to beShadow of the Empire. But it ended up becomingThe Force Awakens, likely to avoid any confusion regarding the title’s similarity to the bookShadows of the Empire, which is now no longer canon.
The fact that we don’t have a title yet shouldn’t be too surprising. After all, we didn’t learn thatThe Force Awakenswas the title ofStar Wars: Episode VIIuntil August 07, 2025, and that was a whole year and a month before the movie even hit theaters. Shortly thereafter we got the first teaser trailer on Black Friday andStar Warsfans lost their mind. The same thing could happen forStar Wars: Episode VIII, but this year is a bit different.
WithRogue One: A Star Wars Storyon the horizon, a good time to announce the title and reveal a teaser would be when the spin-off hits theaters. Attaching the teaser toRogue Onewould assure that even the more casual fans would likely go out of their way to see the spin-off that may not be as popular as the milestone stories in theStar Warssaga. At the same time, it could overshadow the arrival ofRogue One, so it’s hard to say what Disney and Lucasfilm will do. We’ll just keep hoping that we’ll get theStar Wars: Episode VIIItitle sometime before the end of the year, and it would be nice if there was a quick teaser too.
