Star Wars: The Last Jedi will officially be the longest film in the epic series, as director Rian Johnson confirms a 2 hour, 30 minute runtime for the highly anticipated follow-up to The Force Awakens ...

Rian Johnson has just confirmed this rumor (although it was pretty concrete at the time) that the running time for #TheLastJedi will be 150 minutes, officially making it the longest Star Wars movie ever. https://t.co/q1VpOItzsw — John Hoey (@JohnnyHoey) November 17, 2017

's runtime will indeed be 150 minutes, making it the longest installment in the series to date.Speculation on the film's runtime became public back in September when multiple theater chains posted 2 hours, 30 minutes for the movie on their site; however, some felt that could have simply been a placeholder until something official was announced. Thanks to confirmation from director Rian Johnson, we can now officially saywill be the longest film in the series.Johnson confirmed the runtime during a press conference for the film in France.

For comparison's sake, here are the lengths of the previous seven Star Wars movies:

A New Hope – 121 minutes

– 121 minutes The Empire Strikes Back – 124 minutes

– 124 minutes Return of the Jedi – 131 minutes

– 131 minutes The Phantom Menace – 133 minutes

– 133 minutes Attack of the Clones – 142 minutes

– 142 minutes Revenge of the Sith – 140 minutes

– 140 minutes The Force Awakens – 135 minutes

The lengthy runtimeis probably warranted given the number of questions we have leftover from. Just how many of those questions get answers the film remains to be seen, but we'll find out soon enough whenhits theaters December 15th.