While the Vikings and the Bears headed to their respective locker rooms for halftime in the Windy City on Monday Night Football, stormtroopers took the field and a new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi was unleashed on TV and computer screens.

Due out in theaters from Disney on December 15th and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick), Star Wars: The Last Jedi features a cast that includes Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Billie Lourd, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Jimmy Vee, Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro, Mark Hamill, and the late, great Carrie Fisher.

The sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens is executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Jason McGatlin, and Tom Karnowski, with Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman also on board as producers. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates and check out the new trailer and poster below.

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    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.