'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' sneak peek yields some clues

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“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” ​appears to pick up ​right ​where “The Force Awakens” left off.

A sneak peek at the franchise’s ​eighth installment, shown Wednesday to Disney shareholders and Los Angeles Times reporter Daniel Miller​, has ​Luke Skywalker ask​ing Rey​,​ “Who are you?” as she hands him back his long-lost light saber on top of a sprawling green hill.

​​Miller ​also ​tweeted that familiar characters will be returning to “The Last Jedi,” like Chewbacca, General Leia Organa and Finn, the failed stormtrooper who became Rey’s ​brother-in-arms in Episode VII.

A military-uniform clad Leia appeared in one scene that was shown to the shareholders and Miller and didn’t speak in the clip.

Miller said to expect all sorts of settings – mountains, oceans, forests and deserts — in the new movie.

“Look suitably epic, exotic,” Miller wrote.

Another scene showed a struggling X-wing under attack in a ship, which Miller described looking like a “wounded bird.”

“The Force Awakens” ended in an epic, wind-blown encounter between Rey and Luke, who’d gone missing. Luke, whose character was reprised by Mark Hamill, peels off the hood of his cloak as a teary-eyed Rey wordlessly hands him his light saber.

“The Last Jedi” hits theaters Dec. 15.