STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS PREVIEW - DECEMBER 16, 2015 - 3
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The Force Awakens Preview
“It’s true. All of it. The Dark Side.
The Jedi. They’re real.”
— Han Solo, in the final trailer for “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,”
released Oct. 19, 2015
and Michael Arndt, who penned “Toy
Story 3” and “Inside Out,” also were
brought on to co-write the screenplay.
John Williams, who scored all six previ-
ous franchise films and won an Oscar
for 1977’s “Star Wars,” again will be
composing the music.
THE STORY
What do we know about the new
film – other than, you know, The Force
awakening? Not a whole lot, it turns
out. It’s set about 30 years after the
events of “Return of the Jedi” and will
feature both new and old characters.
But the series of three teaser trailers
released in the past year have given
viewers a bit of insight into the charac-
ters, conflicts and story to come.
TEASER TRAILER 1:
RELEASED NOV.28, 2014
The teaser begins with a voice-over.
There’s been an awakening. Have
you felt it.
Then, viewers are introduced to a
slew of new characters in quick suc-
cession: Finn (John Boyega) appears in
a dessert, panicked, wearing a Storm-
trooper suit. New droid BB-8 beeps and
rolls quickly across the screen. Rapid
flashes show a platoon of new First
Order Stormtroopers. Rey (Daisy Rid-
ley) mounts her speeder and cranks
the throttle. Poe Dameron (Oscar
Isaac) leads a fleet of Resistance
X-wing fighters.
The Dark Side …
Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) walks
through a forest in the nighttime and
draws his tri-blade lightsaber
… and the Light.
Finally, the Millennium Falcon, Han
Solo and Chewbacca’s famed ship, flies
on screen and blazes past two attack-
ing TIE fighters as the “Star Wars” theme
kicks in. Cut to “Star Wars” title screen.
TEASER TRAILER 2:
RELEASED APRIL 16, 2015
The trailer opens with a speeder –
presumably Rey’s – zooming across the
landscape of desert planet Jakku as the
screen pans to reveal both a crashed
Resistance X-wing fighter and a
downed Star Destroyer ship halfway
buried in the sand. Next, a voice-over
from Luke Skywalker:
The Force is strong in my family. My
father has it.
Cut to Darth Vader’s melted helmet.
I have it.
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