Daisy Ridley on porgs, Kylo Ren and more 'Star War: The Last Jedi' teasers

Bryan Alexander | USA TODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption Daisy Ridley talks porgs love and that 'Last Jedi' scream Daisy Ridley is a beautiful suspect in 'Murder on the Orient Express.' But the star is getting ready to board 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi.' Here's what we learned about her upcoming adventure.

Daisy Ridley can't escape her Star Wars fame, even as a mysterious murder suspect riding the opulent 1930's train in Murder on the Orient Express.

While filming Murder (in theaters now), director Kenneth Branagh offered to let Ridley use a lightsaber in a key scene (she declined) and co-star Josh Gad peppered her with Star Wars questions offset on video, even pulling in Judi Dench for one Force interrogation.

We, too, had a few queries as Ridley gets set to ride as Rey again in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (opening Dec. 15). Here's what we learned.

Ridley is so pro-porgs (Rey not so much).

The free world fell in love when the chubby porgs creatures made a screaming debut in The Last Jedi trailer last month. It hit Ridley, too. She lists a porgs toy as one of her prized possessions.

"It’s bringing a lot of pleasure right now," says Ridley, calling the character "adorable" and "hilarious."

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The love affair started on set with the goofy looking puppet, operated by the same crew who handle droid BB-8. "It’s wonderful to be working around practical things on set that have such personality," says Ridley,

But Rey won't fall for the creature's charms. "Rey, honestly, is too wrapped up in her own journey to pay attention to porgs," says Ridley. "Which is a sad thing."

Snoke will provide the worst kind of 'test' for Rey.

Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) ain't pretty and acts worse. "He looks mental. Snoke is an evil guy, if you can call him a guy," says Ridley.

Last Jedi's trailer shows Rey screaming under Snoke torture. Ridley says the torture scenes were long enough to leave her hoarse. "It was painful. My throat hurt after that one," says Ridley.

"Snoke is one of those tests for Rey," she adds. "And when I say testing, it's the worst use of testing ever."

Watch for Kylo Ren and Rey time.

Is there something special going on with Rey and the Dark Side-dwelling Kylo Ren (Adam Driver)? The two seem to have a special connection in the trailers.

Ridley choses her words carefully.

"These are two people who represent two very different sides of life, good and evil," she says. "That's going to be explored more in this."

Luke Skywalker is annoyed with Rey.

Rey is expecting Luke Skywalker to be thrilled to get his lightsaber back in Last Jedi. But he's not happy to see her. "She thinks there’s going to be a warm welcome. But Luke went to this island to get away and he doesn’t want to be disturbed," says Ridley.

Don't fret. Skywalker takes "a tremendous journey from the beginning of the relationship to ultimately where they end up in the film." Our personal theory: He had coffee.

Judi Dench really doesn't know squat about Star Wars.

Dench seems to be a Star Wars nut, grilling Ridley in one of Gad's videos on fan-minutia such as whether she had been tested for midi-chlorians, living cells in tune with the Force (from Episode I – The Phantom Menace).

She played the part well, but Dench doesn't have Force fever.

"She was like, 'Medi...Midi-chlorians, what is that?' Josh and I had to explain," says Ridley, who says she had Gad had to stifle their laughs when cameras rolled.

Dench did ask Ridley to shoot a personal Star Wars video for her grandson. "Obviously he's very interested."