Those who have been following “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” news may be quick to jump the gun and say Disney and Lucasfilm are feeding viewers too much.
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Check out the extended Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer below and see how your reaction(s) compare to the stars’ above!
The trailer opens with Daisy Ridley’s character Rey and John Boyega’s Finn questioning their places in the galaxy, before new antagonist Kylo Ren, played by Girls star Adam Driver, promises to finish what Darth Vader started. All of it. The Dark Side.
In addition to Ford, Carrie Fisher returns as Princess Leia and Mark Hamill reprises his role as Luke Skywalker.
If the new Star Wars trailer isn’t enough to whet your appetite, be sure to check out our two-part Star Wars Canon Timeline, featuring every single “official” Star Wars story. Fans have waited ten years for the release of the seventh installment of the Star Wars franchise titled “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, which will premiere on December 18.
Other footage, including a behind-the-scenes reel shown at Comic-Con, have left fans hungry for more and the full-length trailer is the most substantial insight into the finished movie so far despite it giving little away about the plot.
Ticket sales for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” have already broken records, ousting “The Hunger Games” for highest first day ticket sales, outselling the film eight times over.
It all began with an unlikely source – Monday Night Football.
ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: Of course, people are psyched about the new “Star Wars” trailer – it’s “Star Wars” – but how psyched?
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The Force Awakens is shaping up to be quite a lucrative movie for Disney. AMC alone sold out 1,000 shows in less than 12 hours but also noted that there are still almost 4 million tickets available for opening weekend.
