Moviegoers who suffer from seizures may want to hold off on buying tickets to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has issued a warning to theaters around the world that visual and flashing light sequences "could affect those with photosensitive epilepsy."
The Epilepsy Foundation has also been contacted and is working with the studio to release more information on the warning.
Disney released a letter to theaters that reads, "Out of an abundance of caution, we recommend that you provide at your venue box office and online, and at other appropriate places where your customers will see it, a notice containing the following information: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker contains several sequences with imagery and sustained flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities."
"We thank Disney for reaching out to us and proactively providing information to movie theaters and moviegoers in advance of the movie’s release," the Epilepsy Foundation said in response to Disney's letter.
Details regarding the photosensitive scenes for The Rise of Skywalker have not been revealed, but Disney was criticized in 2018 after complaints that Incredibles 2 caused seizures in customers. Disney eventually released a warning ahead of the film at the urging of the Epilepsy Foundation.
Directed and co-written by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Keri Russell, Matt Smith, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams and Carrie Fisher, with Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant. The film arrives on Dec. 20.