The Star Wars: The Last Jedi news keeps coming. Lucasfilm today announced Star Wars Force Friday II, which it describes as a "global fan event" that marks the launch of Star Wars: The Last Jedi consumer products. Toys, collectibles, books, and apparel based on the movie will officially go on sale at 12:01 AM on Friday, September 1, marking the start of Force Friday II.

　　Packaging for a new line of toys was released today on the Star Wars website. It shows a fierce-looking Rey (Daisy Ridley) wielding a lightsaber with a different hairstyle than she had in The Force Awakens. Her friend Finn (John Boyega) and pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) are also in the image.

　　The first Force Friday event, held in 2015, marked the launch of consumer products for the box office smash Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

　　"The first Star Wars Force Friday event was truly unique, uniting fans across five continents in an unprecedented global live unboxing event ahead of thousands of midnight openings at retail," Disney Consumer Products executive Jimmy Pitaro said in a statement. "We're excited to confirm that Star Wars Force Friday is back for The Last Jedi."

　　Pitaro added that specific plans for this year's event are "top-secret," though he did tease that fans can expect "something befitting the excitement around the next episode of the Star Wars saga."

　　The Last Jedi arrives in theaters on December 15, 2017. It also stars Mark Hamill, Laura Dern, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and Andy Serkis. Carrie Fisher filmed her Leia scenes for the movie before she passed away in December.

　　Earlier this week, Lucasfilm announced that The Last Jedi writer-director Rian Johnson and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy will share new details on the movie during a panel at Star Wars Celebration in April. In other news, Johnson shared a behind-the-scenes image from the movie showing a series of Stormtroopers.