By Ben Travis | Posted 18 Mar 2018

It was happy beeps all around for Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the Rakuten TV Empire Awards 2018, as the eighth film in the Skywalker saga won five categories at the ceremony in Camden’s Roundhouse. The sci-fi epic was named Best Film (presented by Sky Cinema), with Rian Johnson collecting the prize for Best Director (presented by Vue Entertainment), and Daisy Ridley taking home Best Actress (presented by Rakuten TV). The film also won in the Visual Effects and Costume categories.

Star Wars' original hero Mark Hamill received Empire’s Icon Award (presented by BMW). “Empire I think of as a magazine written by fans, for fans. First and foremost, that describes me, and I think the fans realise that — I’m one of them,” he said, adding: “I share this with all of you, and with the fans. Without them, I certainly wouldn’t be standing here.”.

Also in attendance was one of the all-time great filmmakers, Steven Spielberg. The man who gave us Jaws, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and much, much more received Empire’s Legend of Our Lifetime Award (presented by Rakuten TV) ahead of the launch of his next blockbuster, Ready Player One. The great director hailed the increasing diversity of the film industry, saying: “It’s been a rich and diverse year for film and for gender and for race, and for speaking out. Thank you, Time’s Up. We were very much on board from the very beginning. This is more important than any of us can ever really realise.” He also confirmed his plans to shoot the fifth Indiana Jones film in the UK, to loud cheers from the audience.

Elsewhere, the Awards recognised some of Britain’s best talent behind the camera — Belle and A United Kingdom director Amma Asante received the Empire Inspiration Award, while Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and The Cornetto Trilogy director Edgar Wright picked up the Empire Visionary Award. Wright’s engine-revving crime caper also took home Best Production Design and Best Soundtrack. Best British Film (presented by The Hollywood Reporter) went to God’s Own Country, while its star Josh O’Connor won Best Male Newcomer.

Hugh Jackman took to the stage to collect the Best Actor award (presented by Rakuten TV) for his final bow as Wolverine in Logan, while his young co-star Dafne Keen was named Best Female Newcomer (presented by The Hilton Park Lane). Jordan Peele’s dark satire Get Out won Best Horror and Best Screenplay, while Armando Iannucci was on hand to pick up Best Comedy (presented by Monkey Shoulder) for The Death of Stalin. Wonder Woman triumphed in Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy (presented by Three), and Kingsman: The Golden Circle was named Best Thriller (presented by Absolute Radio). Best Documentary went to James Baldwin and Raoul Peck’s searing I Am Not Your Negro. Pixar’s joyous Mexican musical fable Coco won the Best Animated Film category (note: The Boss Baby was not nominated), and Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast received Best Make-Up and Hairstyling.

In the TV categories, Netflix’s royal period drama The Crown picked up Best TV Series (presented by Three), while Nicole Kidman won Best Actress in a TV Series for Big Little Lies, and Star Trek: Discovery’s Jason Isaacs took Best Actor in a TV Series.

For more from the Rakuten TV Empire Awards, read our live blog of the night here, and click this way for photos from the red carpet.

The Spielberg Takeover issue of Empire is on sale now, featuring a world-exclusive interview with the man himself, director tributes to Spielberg from his fellow directors, an access-all-areas feature on Ready Player One, and a celebration of his classic filmography.

Read the full list of winners below.

Empire Legend of Our Lifetime Award (presented by Rakuten TV)

Steven Spielberg

Empire Icon Award (presented by BMW)

Mark Hamill

Empire Inspiration Award

Amma Asante

Empire Visionary Award

Edgar Wright

Best Film (presented by Sky Cinema)

Call Me By Your Name

Get Out

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Thor: Ragnarok

Wonder Woman

Best Director (presented by Vue Entertainment)

Patty Jenkins — Wonder Woman

Rian Johnson — Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Jordan Peele — Get Out

Taika Waititi — Thor: Ragnarok

Edgar Wright — Baby Driver

Best Male Newcomer

Timothée Chalamet — Call Me By Your Name

Ansel Elgort — Baby Driver

Daniel Kaluuya — Get Out

Josh O’Connor — God’s Own Country

Fiona Whitehead — Dunkirk

Best Female Newcomer (presented by The Hilton Park Lane)

Emily Beecham — Daphne

Dafne Keen — Logan

Florence Pugh — Lady Macbeth

Tessa Thompson — Thor: Ragnarok

Kelly Marie Tran — Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Actress (presented by Rakuten TV)

Gal Gadot — Wonder Woman

Tiffany Haddish — Girls Trip

Frances McDormand — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Daisy Ridley — Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Emma Watson — Beauty and the Beast

Best Actor (presented by Rakuten TV)

John Boyega — Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Armie Hammer — Call Me By Your Name

Hugh Jackman — Logan

Gary Oldman — Darkest Hour

Andy Serkis — War For the Planet of the Apes

Best Screenplay

Call Me By Your Name

The Death of Stalin

Get Out

God’s Own Country

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy (presented by Three)

Blade Runner 2049

Logan

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Thor: Ragnarok

Wonder Woman

Best British Film (presented by The Hollywood Reporter)

Darkest Hour

The Death of Stalin

Dunkirk

God’s Own Country

Paddington 2

Best Horror

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Get Out

It

Mother!

Split

Best Documentary

An Inconvenient Sequel

City of Ghosts

I Am Not Your Negro

I Called Him Morgan

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Best Comedy (presented by Monkey Shoulder)

The Big Sick

The Death of Stalin

The Disaster Artist

Girls Trip

Toni Erdmann

Best Thriller (presented by Absolute Radio)

Baby Driver

The Handmaiden

John Wick: Chapter 2

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Animated Film

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Coco

The Lego Batman Movie

My Life as a Courgette

The Red Turtle

Best Soundtrack

Baby Driver

Beauty and the Beast

Call Me By Your Name

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Logan Lucky

Best Costume Design

The Death of Stalin

The Greatest Showman

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Thor: Ragnarok

Best Production Design

Baby Driver

Dunkirk

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Thor: Ragnarok

Best Visual Effects (presented by Vue Entertainment)

Ghost in the Shell

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Thor: Ragnarok

War for the Planet of the Apes

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling

Beauty and the Beast

Ghost in the Shell

The Greatest Showman

Murder on the Orient Express

Thor: Ragnarok

Best TV Series (presented by Three)

Big Little Lies

The Crown

The Handmaid’s Tale

Stranger Things 2

Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series

Best Actress in a TV Series

Millie Bobby Brown — Stranger Things 2

Claire Foy — The Crown

Nicole Kidman — Big Little Lies

Elisabeth Moss — The Handmaid’s Tale

Reese Witherspoon — Big Little Lies

Best Actor in a TV Series

Jason Isaacs — Star Trek: Discovery

Kyle MacLachlan — Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series

Alexander Skarsgård — Big Little Lies

Matt Smith — The Crown

Dan Stevens — Legion

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