STAR Wars fans have gone into meltdown at the first glimpse of the latest film.

The trailer for The Last Jedi was uploaded to the Star Wars twitter feed last night and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the reaction was epic.

The tweet received more than 165k retweets and nearly 215k likes within a few hours.

Here's the trailer:

According to social media analysts Talkwalker, the trailer has prompted more than 380,000 mentions since it was released.

Talkwalker also registered more than 23,000 mentions so far of Porgs (an animal in the Star Wars universe).

This was the general reaction in the twittersphere...

Fans were also excited to see the late Carrie Fisher appear in the trailer.

The actress features as Princess Leia in the film in scenes shot before her death last Christmas at the age of 60.

The film comes out on December 15 and tickets are already available.

At Worcester Vue, you can see a preview at one minute past midnight on Wednesday, December 13.

While at Worcester Odeon, you can book for a preview at one minute past midnight on Thursday, December 14.