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Watch the New Teaser Trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

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01 starwars title?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1417189129717Buena Vista(NEW YORK) — There’s been a whole lot of hype for 88 seconds, but it’s finally arrived: the teaser trailer or the new Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is now in 30 theaters across North America, and also online, via iTunes Trailers and the official Star Wars YouTube channel.

The clip opens with a shot of a desert planet, and a chilling voiceover saying “There’s been an awakening, have you felt it?” The voice sound suspiciously like Benedict Cumberbatch, who appeared in the most recent Star Trek reboot, Into Darkness. Both the new Star Wars film and the Star Trek reboots were directed by JJ Abrams.

Then, a helmet-less Stormtrooper — played by franchise newcomer John Boyega — pops into the frame, followed by shots of droids, scenes of a squadron of Stormtroopers about to emerge from a ship, a woman — fellow newcomer Daisy Ridley — flying some sort of airborne vehicle, fighters zooming along, and a hooded figure tramping through a snowy woods, brandishing a new-look lightsaber. We hear an even scarier voice saying, “The dark side…and the light.”

Then, John Williams’ iconic score kicks in and we see…Han Solo’s ship, the Millennium Falcon. Cue goosebumps.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens December 18, 2015. It takes place 30 years after 1983’s Return of the Jedi.


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