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You'll know by now that the new film - episode VIII, out this December - will be called Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

When that title was revealed, there was massive speculation over who that Jedi was.

But with the release of the international language titles, eagle-eyed enthusiasts have noted that the the word Jedi is plural - that suggests we're getting more than one.

The Official French Star Wars Twitter account tweeted their new title first

Fisher, 60, who played Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars, is in the intensive care unit of a Los Angeles hospital.

Fisher, 60, who played Princess Leia in Star Wars, was taken ill on a flight from London to LA on Friday.

After recording the biggest global opening of all time and a record US debut of $248m, The Force Awakens has now smashed the US record for Christmas Day box office receipts.

Lucasfilm and Disney's latest instalment in the space opera saga took $49.3m across the US on Friday - almost double the previous record, set by Robert Downey Jr's first Sherlock Holmes movie in 2009.

It also earned $27.5m from cinemas across the rest of the world for a global Christmas Day total of $76.8m, according to Coming Soon.

American companies are developing laser systems for the aircraft, drones, vehicles and even boats for U.S. troops. And while they may not match the cool beams of light seen from those “Star Wars” laser cannons, they can do plenty of damage.

Here is a look at a few of the systems under development:

The Drone Slaying Laser

Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle attempted to break the record, gathering thousands of fans together for some spectacular action.

The existing record stands at 7000 people with hopes the latest effort will push the record above 10,000 when the results are verified.

I don't know what this means for my relationship with "Star Wars" and the coming sequel, "The Force Awakens," which is some mix of boyish excitement and adult despair. I do know that it's difficult to operate a stick shift with a Storm Trooper helmet on and that New Jersey toll booth attendants are a hard bunch to faze.

This could be the best Falcon-themed bit of merch yet though, with the Star Wars battleship transformed into a compact Bluetooth speaker – this is definitely the droid, sorry, speaker, you're looking for.

Cakes, bottle openers, LEGO toys, the movie icon that is the Millennium Falcon has been recreated and reimagined many times in recent years.

This could be the best Falcon-themed bit of merch yet though, with the Star Wars battleship transformed into a compact Bluetooth speaker – this is definitely the droid, sorry, speaker, you're looking for.

The promo for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens was posted on the movie's official account using the photo and video-sharing site's new landscape format.

The caption below simply says: "There has been an awakening..."

The film is due for release in the UK just before Christmas this year.

The plot comes 30 years after Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

The 15 second clip does not give away any of the latest storyline.

The Star Wars Facebook shared some really amazing fan art of everyone's future queen of the galaxy, Captain Phasma, played by the one and only Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie.

Let's face it, she is going to be a certified badass. Just look how she struts in her Elite Storm Trooper (Dark Trooper?) costume.

She's not your run of the mill hits-head-on-doors-and-misses-every-target-ever kind of Storm Trooper. No, no. She's Captain Phasma, damn it!