It's still a loooooong way off, but Stranger Things Season 5 is officially on its way.
While you wait, here's every single thing we know about the new season so far:
1. Season 5 will be the last season of the show, so get ready to say goodbye to Hawkins. 😢
![Closeup of Eleven screaming in "Stranger Things"](https://cdn.statically.io/img/img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/22/asset/6986cc7e9ef4/sub-buzz-849-1685485809-1.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
5. We know that the first episode is called "Chapter One: The Crawl" and was written by the Duffers.
6. Vecna's still around.
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-08/26/20/asset/2937850504b6/sub-buzz-13678-1693081586-1.jpg)
7. The characters who were still alive at the end of Season 4 will return for Season 5, so you can expect to see all of the main cast.
![Screenshot from "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/20/asset/6bef388395a4/sub-buzz-487-1685478953-1.jpg)
8. LINDA HAMILTON, THEE LINDA HAMILTON, will be joining the cast as well.
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9. The plot details for Season 5 have been kept safely under wraps, but Noah Schnapp has teased that Will's fate will be central to the show's endgame.
![Closeup of Will in "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/22/asset/6986cc7e9ef4/sub-buzz-869-1685486231-1.jpg)
10. David Harbour recently said that he knows how the series will end, and called it "very, very moving."
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11. Sadie Sink has repeatedly stated she doesn't know Max's fate, but the Duffers did confirm that she's braindead at the end of Season 4.
![Screenshot from "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/20/asset/ab8735713fb2/sub-buzz-491-1685479070-2.jpg)
12. Eddie is definitely dead though, sorry.
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14. If they're aiming to match the scope of Season 4, that implies that the budget will be super high for Season 5 as well.
![Screenshot from "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/20/asset/4e26999e5fed/sub-buzz-505-1685479362-1.jpg)
15. The Duffer brothers and Shawn Levy said that their pitch meeting for Season 5 left the Netflix executives in tears, which Matt Duffer considers "a good sign."
![Screenshot from "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/20/asset/68f3c839d6f5/sub-buzz-498-1685479379-1.jpg)
16. The Duffers also told IndieWire that they tried not to add new characters to the upcoming season so that they could focus on the original cast.
![Screenshot from "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/21/asset/23a84fd0d14b/sub-buzz-708-1685483193-2.jpg)
17. Executive producer Shawn Levy also said that ST 5 "will definitely be more Hawkins-centric" compared to all the globe-trotting we saw in Season 4.
![Screenshot from "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/21/asset/66c98376b2a9/sub-buzz-691-1685483243-7.jpg)
18. There may be a time jump in Season 5!
![Side-by-side of Mike in Seasons 1 and 4](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/21/asset/ab8735713fb2/sub-buzz-706-1685483534-1.jpg)
19. Don't expect the feature length episodes of Season 4 — except for the finale.
![Screenshot from "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/22/asset/92e6e48ac2cb/sub-buzz-670-1685484122-8.jpg)
20. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that Season 5 won't be a huge season of television.
"There’s no way to be contiguous with Season 4, and not, frankly, expand scale and depth," Shawn Levy explained to Total Film Magazine. "It’s major, major, cinematic storytelling that happens to be called a TV series. Stranger Things 5 is as big as any of the biggest movies that we see."
21. Finn Wolfhard said he thinks the final season could premiere in 2025, so don't expect it any earlier than that.
![Closeup of Mike and Eleven in Season 4 of "Stranger Things"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/30/22/asset/9af9be0685d4/sub-buzz-693-1685484443-1.jpg)