Hasta La Motion!

Disney and Lucasfilm has released a trailer for “The Force Awakens”, Episode VII in the Star Wars film series. Get your first look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the new 88-second teaser. “There has been an awakening. Have you felt it? The dark side, and the light”. The trailer begins thirty years after the events of The Return of the Jedi. Actor John Boyega appears in stormtrooper armor on a desert planet. We’re shown a land speeder, driven by actor Daisy Ridley. A Jedi from the dark side stumbles through a snow laden forest and activates a red light sabre with crossbar hilt. And from the side of the light, the Millennium Falcon turns up with a cluster of TIE fighters. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opens in theaters December 18, 2015. See more behind the scenes at starwars.com/theforceawakens

Credits

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan & Abrams, with producers Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk. Soundtrack is once again by John Williams.

Original stars returning to the screen are Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker. New cast members include John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow.