“Jay and Silent Bob are back! ‘Clerks II,’ filmmaker KEVIN SMITH’s sequel to the 1994 cult indie smash, checks into theaters July 21, and ET hit the L.A. premiere last night!

The silly sequel from the director of ‘Mallrats’ and ‘Dogma’ picks up ten years after the original flick. This time around, New Jersey mini-mart clerks and best pals Dante (BRIAN O’HALLORAN) and Randal (JEFF ANDERSON) are trading quips and slacking off at their new jobs — slinging burgers at fictional fast-food joint Mooby’s.

Joining in the raunchy fun is ROSARIO DAWSON (’Sin City’) as the guys’ sexy manager at Mooby’s.

And of course, Jay (JASON MEWES) and Silent Bob (Smith) are back to mix it up.

Smith was even able to coax good friend BEN AFFLECK, who has appeared in the director’s ‘Mallrats,’ ‘Chasing Amy,’ ‘Dogma’ and ‘Jersey Girl,’ to do a cameo in ‘Clerks II.’

“I said, ‘It’s weird. It’s going to be the first time in 10 years that you’re not involved in a flick I make,’” Smith says about the conversation he had with buddy Ben. “And he said, ‘That is weird. All right, I want to be involved, but I don’t want any dialogue. I just want to be a background person.’”

Comedienne WANDA SYKES, JENNIFER SCHWALBACH SMITH and TREVOR FEHRMAN round out the cast.

For all the action at the L.A. premiere, watch tonight’s ET!”

Catch it if you can!