The first in-costume shots of Benicio del Toro and Laura Dern's characters in Star Wars: The Last Jedi have been shown.

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Annie Leibowitz - shooting for Vanity Fair - revealed the looks of the two most high-profile actors yet to be shown.Benicio del Toro will play an unnamed character, but referred to as "DJ" by the filmmakers, and is described only as a "shady character". Laura Dern will play Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo, a Resistance officer.Benicio del Toro's unnamed characterThese new images follow on from yesterday's Vanity Fair cover shots , which showed most of the existing cast in new or updated costumes.Vanity Fair's story also includes several behind-the-scenes images, including many characters from a new location, the Canto Bight casino city (which looks to be something along the lines of an upscale Mos Eisley cantina).Laura Dern's Amilyn HoldoOther small plot details include the fact that Kelly Marie Tran's new character, Rose, will be sent on a behind-enemy-lines mission with John Boyega's Finn, and that Luke Skywalker hasn't been as alone as he seems in The Force Awakens - he's been living in an ancient Jedi village alongside the planet's diminutive indigenous race.The piece also confirms Carrie Fisher's Leia wouldn't just have been important to Star Wars: Episode IX , but that it would have been "her movie", in the same way that Han Solo was central to The Force Awakens and Luke Skywalker will be to The Last Jedi.There's far more detail to be found - alongside multiple cast and crew interviews - in the full Vanity Fair article Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released in theaters on December 15.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he wants to live in Canto Bight already. Follow him on Twitter