Droughtlander is over Season 5 of Outlander, the epic, romantic, war-torn, centuries-old continuation of Claire and Jamie Fraser's story, will finally begin soon

The time between Season 4 and Season 5 of the Starz series was excruciatingly long for fans But the wait is over, and we can now watch the next chapter of this show based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon

In Season 5 of "Outlander," the drama picks up even more as the Fraser family faces the bloody colonial conflict that ushered in the American Revolutionary War

Here is everything we know about "Outlander" Season 5, including release date, cast, and plot

"Outlander" Season 5 will premiere on Starz in the US on Sunday, February 16, 2020 All 12 episodes will air every Sunday

UK viewers can watch the premiere episode of Season 5 on Amazon Prime Video on Monday, February 17

Oh yes, you can watch the trailer for Season 5 of "Outlander" right now and catch a glimpse of soldiers at war, Jamie and Claire kissing, and a couple discussing the difficult decisions they have to make:

You can also watch the teaser trailer from New York Comic-Con online:

And check out the new opening credits for "Outlander" Season 5:

"Outlander" Season 5 will star Claire Fraser as Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser, the two main characters return

Also Sophie Skelton as Brianna Randall, daughter of Claire and Jamie; Richard Rankin as Roger Wakefield, Brianna's partner; Duncan Lacroix as Marta; Maria Doyle Kennedy as Aunt Jocasta, Ed Speriers as Stephen Bonnet also returns; David Berry as Sir John Gray, Tim Downey as North Carolina Governor William Tryon, Cesar Domboy as Fergus, Lauren Lyle as Marsalee, John Bell as Ian, Lizzie Caitlin O'Ryan as Gerald, Billy Boyd as Gerald, Natalie Simpson as Fedor, and Chris Donald as Philip Wiley

And Tobias Menzies could return as Frank Randall, Claire's husband in the present day Ronald D Moore, co-creator of "Outlander," told "Elle" that "there is a possibility that we will see Frank again

Season 5 of "Outlander" will also include several new cast members The casting of Paul Gorman as Josiah and Kezie Beardsley (twins) and Bronwyn James as Fanny Beardsley was announced

And a furry new cast member joins:

"Outlander" Season 5 follows the ending of Season 4, in which Jamie is put in a tight spot by Governor Tryon, who orders him to form a militia to fight the rebelling Regulators And Jamie's first order To find and kill his best friend and godfather, Murtaugh

Season 5 is based on Diana Gabaldon's novel "Cross of Fire," from which we can infer plot details The War of the Regulations, an actual historical battle, confronts the characters Claire and Brianna know that the struggle between the colonists and British officials is sowing the seeds of American independence

As Sam Heughan told Parade, Jamie "made a deal with the British Redcoats He has to secure this land and make it safe for them For Jamie, that's quite a challenge"

While Jamie struggles to keep his family safe, Claire continues to expand her clinic Jamie builds her a surgical home

"Claire makes her own medicine," Caitriona Balfe told Entertainment Weekly

"It was really interesting to find a way for her to do the kind of surgery that was commonplace in the 1960s"

As for the show's other main couple, Bree and Roger, they were eventually reunited, but there are still bumps in the road ahead They get married in a lovely wedding (teased in a set photo However, Roger is struggling to provide for his family, and Bree is still haunted by the rape she experienced at the hands of Steven Bonnet

"It's going to be much harder [than before the assault] to get close and physically intimate with Roger," Sophie Skelton told EW

As showrunner Matthew B Roberts told Parade, "Everything seemed to be happy in the last beat [of season 4], but this is the Fraser clan Diana Gabaldon doesn't know the words 'happily ever after'"

There are numerous photos from "Outlander" Season 5, including production stills and behind-the-scenes images from the set

Starz's first official photos of Jamie and Claire from Season 5 are here:

EW shared a first look at Claire's new home and surgery:

Vogue posted exclusive images from Brianna's wedding:

Hughan cast and crew posted an Instagram photo with several people:

and in this video, Hughan and Balfe declare that they are "done" filming for season 5: [16