Star Wars 8 Gets New Empire Cover; Poe X-wing Details Revealed

Luke Skywalker and Rey are spotlighted on the screening forEmpire ’s latest issue , and the magazine kicks off theirStar Wars : The Last Jedicoverage by share fresh details about Poe Dameron ’s go - wing . With summertime now in the past , the modish sequence of the Skywalker kinsperson saga is right around the corner , roughly three months away from theatrical passing . Lucasfilm has characteristically kept plot reveals down to a minimum , but they are satisfying the craving for novel information with strategically - time cattle farm in publication such asVanity FairandEW . As we come down the home stint , it’sEmpire ’s turn to supply some goodies .

First up is the cover , which shows the aweary Luke and his new apprentice standing back - to - back . It rag readers with learning"the full news report of Luke Skywalker ’s excited return,“suggesting at least one section ofEmpire ’s 8 - page feature of speech will concern the former Jedi Master , who remain the topic of much machination . you may check it out for yourself in the space below :

As has been extensively covered in the past times , the relationship between Luke and Reyis the beat heart ofEpisode VIII , which is unsurprising considering the film ’s title is a verbatim reference to Skywalker . However , they are n’t the only characters that will show up in the movie . The state of war between the Resistance and First Order rages on , with both sides tryingto make sense of a galaxy in chaosfollowing the destruction of the Hosnian organisation and Starkiller basis . At the cutting edge of this difference of opinion will be Poe Dameron , the best pilot light in the Resistance . Since the groupuses some out - of - date tech , even Poe needs all the help he can get , and that ’s where the railroad engineer get in .

While speaking toEmpire , writer / theater director Rian Johnson offered a tiny nugget on Poe ’s personal X - wing , which is codenamed Black One . The ship has been retrofit to let in a impermanent additional jab that enhances its hurrying so Poe can outrun enemy fire . alas , it does n’t last long but it catch the occupation done in a touch . you could see it in action by looking at the image above , where Poe flies head - on into a organisation of Star Destroyers . This conceivably could be from the place struggle that ’s date in the teaser trailer .

Admittedly , this is n’t the juiciestLast Jediupdate one could ask for , but this is only the beginning of what should be a week of reveals fromEmpire . They seem to be go with the small stuff , establish towards something bigger . After all that ’s already been divvy up at this dot , there may not ab initio appear to be all that much left to garner , but there could be something special that await fans as they stay on to count down the days to December .