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Disney and Lucasfilm's followup to ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is generating enormous interest among moviegoers for a projected $200 million-plus domestic debut when hitting theaters Dec. 15, according to early tracking.

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00:00It looks like The Force will very much be with Star Wars The Last Jedi at the box office.

00:13The follow-up to Star Wars The Force Awakens from Disney and Lucasfilm is building enormous

00:18interest among moviegoers and is projected to kick off with $200 million or more domestically

00:25in its December 15 release. Writer-director Rian Johnson's sequel would become one of only

00:30a few films to ever reach that mark. Force Awakens revived the iconic franchise by opening

00:36in December 2015 to a record-breaking $248 million in North America. That film was followed

00:43by the standalone title Rogue One A Star Wars Story in December 2016, which debuted with

00:49$155.1 million domestically. Apart from Force Awakens, other films with the $200 million-plus

00:57opening are Jurassic World, which brought in $208.8 million, and The Avengers, which kicked

01:04off with $207.4 million. And while studios never comment on tracking, Disney insiders are anticipating

01:11that The Last Jedi will overtake their fellow Disney film Beauty and the Beast, which brought

01:16in $174.8 million to land the top opening of 2017 so far.

01:22Meanwhile, Disney and Lucasfilm just released their latest ad for The Last Jedi, and it shows

01:27Daisy Ridley's hero Rey in a tough spot.

01:30The clip, which premiered just three weeks before the film hits theaters on December 15, reveals

01:37that light, darkness, and something else is calling to her.

01:41And something else.

01:42Something else? Hmm.

01:44Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker warns Rey to resist and even gets in her face and shouts her name.

01:50Resist it, Rey.

01:53Kylo Ren is calling to her, right? Ooh, Kylo, I know it's you. Take a step back,

01:57sir, and stay away from your mom while you're at it. Head to THR.com's Star Wars Destination

02:03Heat Vision for full coverage of The Last Jedi. And in the meantime, I want to hear from you.

02:08What do you guys think of the latest ad? Will Rey go dark, stay fully on the light side,

02:13or will she find a third way? Gray Jedi? Do I hear gray Jedi? Give me all your theories

02:18in the comments. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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