“There has been an awakening (In the force). Have you felt it?”
So begins the first teaser trailer released on Friday of the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh instalment reviving the immortal tales of a galaxy far away.
The 88-second clip from director J.J. Abrams features a handful of scenes with newcomers to the franchise, including John Boyega in a Stormtrooper suit, Daisy Ridley on a hovering craft in the desert and Oscar Isaac in an X-Wing fighter jet, the craft of the Rebel Alliance.
A cloaked figure who some fans on social media speculated may be a new addition, Adam Driver, enters a forest with a T-shaped lightsaber sword, as a deep, husky voiceover – rumoured by fans to be Planet of the Apes star Andy Serkis – says “the dark side and the light.”
A new ball-like droid robot is also shown rolling across the desert landscape, and the Millennium Falcon spaceship is shown soaring into the skies while under attack.
The eagerly awaited trailer debuted online and in 30 U.S. theatres on Friday, revealing tantalizing snippets of the new film over composer John Williams’ distinctive score.
The Force Awakens will be set 30 years after Return of the Jedi, the third film in George Lucas’ first Star Wars trilogy, which was released between 1977 and 1983. It is scheduled to be released in theatres on Dec. 18, 2015.
