Star Wars: Episode VIII Working Title Is Space Bear

“Star Wars Episode VIII”, which is now in production, already has a working title and you may need to bear with it because it’s called “Space Bear”.

Fisher posted an image of her dog with a director’s chair from the set where “Space Bear” is featured. I can’t be sure, but when you zoom in, it looks like the panda might be wearing a headwrap not dissimilar from the one Rey wore in The Force Awakens.

Joining returning cast members are the Oscar-winning del Toro, the Oscar-nominated Dern and newcomer Kelly Marie Tran.

Oh, and no, we have no idea what all those emoticons mean.

According to /Film, the December 2017 release date was never concrete to begin with as James Cameron has stated in the past that the target release date was not as important as the studios actually getting all three films done. J.J. Abrams’ recent The Force Awakens was rumored to have filmed under the title AVCO while upcoming Rogue One is said to be going by the codename Lunak Heavy.

Given Fisher’s very active Twitter presence-along with her co-stars John Boyega and Mark Hamill-it’s a safe bet to assume this is the first of many non-spoilery pics that will be shared with us during filming. How about the Panda logo in the Star Wars Episode VIII logo?

In the case of huge and secretive productions like Episode VIII, a production title is often used to disguise the true identity of the film.