17/12/2015 Newsround

Good morning, I'm Jenny, live with all the top

We have the latest from the Star Wars premiere.

Keep watching! We have got exclusive access to the Strictly Studios. We

will be speaking to all the celebrities ahead

It's time to grab your lightsaber, don your Jedi cape, and prepare

to test out your mind tricks, because the brand new Star Wars

film, The Force Awakens, is finally out in cinemas.

Fans and film stars were at the European premiere

of the film last night, and our Leah was on the red carpet.

Star Wars has taken over Leicester Square in central London.

I have seen Darth Vader and storm troopers.

Well, we love that you are a fan Newsround.

Looking around and seeing all the wonderful people

What is it like, coming from London, doing your thing and going into one

Many years of coming to LA and back to London and auditioning.

The first film, we did not think it was going to be that good.

Of course, the audience thought different.

If you were not in the film would you be a super fan,

I remember watching the footage of the Premier on Hollywood

Boulevard on John Craven's Newsround in 1977

What does it feel like knowing that you are inspiring a new generation

The parents were kids when it came out.

The scary thing is you meet eight-year-olds and they think

that we made these movies two years ago.

Of course we couldn't forget that it's the final

of Strictly Come Dancing this weekend.

Ricky was invited to Elstree Studios in London to take

It is the biggest programme on television right now.

Newsround has exclusive access ahead of the final.

It is actually much smaller in real life.

It fits 800 people who watch the action on Saturday night.

This is my favourite bit, whether judges sit.

-- This is my favourite bit, where the judges sit.

I hope that they have tidied up by Saturday.

When the audience gets in it looks great, but it slowly disintegrates

leading up to it, with loads of stuff left around,

but it will look fine on the night.

When they finish their routine on the dance floor they come up

the stairs this is where they talk to the wonderful Claudia

as they reassure them if it went wrong.

I can imagine what the atmosphere will be like in this studio

All other celebrities want to get their hands

The winner last year was Caroline Flack.

You should have been out here ten minutes ago!

OK, time for a quick round-up of some of the other

In Mexico, the Colima volcano has been spewing out ash once more,

reaching more than a mile in the air.

Local people have been warned to be ready to leave their homes.

The clean-up has started in parts of Sydney, in Australia,

where bad thunderstorms and a tornado damaged homes

It's the first time that winds measuring more than 120 miles

To America now, where this baby panda met the public

Bei Bei lives at a zoo in Washington.

Now he's four months old his keepers say they want him to start getting

And we're getting pretty excited here at Newsround because it's

Head over to the Newsround web site, because we want to know

what your Christmas tree looks like, so send us a photo of your finest

festive firs and tinsel-tastic trees!

And what are you doing for your last day at school?

Are you watching movies or playing games?

That's all from the team this morning.

Newsround's back this afternoon at 4:20 with Naz.