After months of waiting and impatience, Disney and Lucas-film have finally pulled back the cover of secrecy a bit on Star Wars 8. They revealed that the official title will be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, while also debut the first poster for the movie. The reaction to the title has been very positive and Mark Hamill has piled onto that positivity with his initial public reaction. Star Daisy Ridley also got in on the fun with her own meme.

Mark Hamill seemed relieved to be able to actually talk a bit about the movie but also praised it for its similarity to samurai movies of old, while also saying that ‘it’s straightforward and minimalist and I like that.’ Before sharing his thoughts, he talked a bit about not wanting to know the title during production because there is so much secrecy and concern over leaks these days. Here is what he had to say.

Director Rian Johnson has also said that this movie will be heavily focused on Luke and Rey, so the title makes a lot of sense. As Mark Hamill says, it appears to be very ‘straightforward.’ That would also be in line with Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back or even Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, which were both the second instalments of their respective trilogies and were both very straight-forward.

Rian Johnson also recently revealed that he has known the title of Star Wars 8 ever since he wrote the first draft of the screenplay, so he has had to remain tight-lipped on the matter for quite some time. Interestingly enough, now that Han Solo is dead in the Star Wars universe and given Carrie Fisher’s unfortunate and untimely passing, Mark Hamill is now really going to be an even more important figure in the new Star Wars trilogy moving forward.