I may be one of a very small group of fans who refuses to watch the new trailer for The Last Jedi that debuted at Celebration Orlando 2017, but apparently a new planet is shown as part of the trailer’s footage. We learn via this article from Entertainment Weekly the official name and several details about this planet as revealed by director Rian Johnson.
The planet is called Crait.
“It’s way out there. It’s uncharted,” says Johnson. “It’s a mineral planet and so there are mines on it.” The director (previously best known for Brick and Looper) noted how there are some “beautiful design elements” present on Crait some of which are seen in the trailer. “I hope some really unique ones that we’re able to bring into it,” he adds.
According to Johnson, Crait is the site of an “an old rebel base there that’s now abandoned” and the planet was one of the first things he had in mind when planning The Last Jedi.
“It ends up playing a key role in the movie,” he says, adding that the Resistance fighters — flying in the skimmers seen in the trailer — “show up where they have to deal with a very pressing and immediate.”
