First Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer goes live
Stormtroopers, lightsabers and new stars are the focus of the first Episode VII teaser
For months now, Disney and director J.J. Abrams have teased us with scraps of info and imagery about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but our first solid glimpse is now here.
The first full-length trailer for the movie, also known as Episode VII – that is, a proper follow-up to the original trilogy – debuted on Apple’s Trailers site, more than a year before its release in December 2015.
The trailer focuses on the film’s new stars, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, as well as the film’s new villain – a cloaked figure with a very distinctive new lightsaber. There’s nary a glimpse of old favourites Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo – though the Millennium Falcon and redesigned X-Wing fighters put in an apperarance alongside original trilogy staples such as Stormtroopers and TIE Fighters.
The trailer will also show in 30 locations across the United States this weekend.
Andrew Hayward
Freelance Writer 
