'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Trailer Unveiled

by Philip Price 
Yesterday marked two months until the arrival of the first new “Star Wars” film in over a decade. Disney marked the occasion by not only releasing the official poster for the film, but several teasers for the full trailer that has debuted tonight during Monday Night Football (you know, what most “Star Wars” fans tend to watch on Mondays). Every other movie in town has pretty much cleared out sans the fourth “Alvin and the Chipmunks” film (yes, fourth!) which just decided to go head-to-head with the mammoth J.J. Abrams sequel that will see the continuing adventures of Luke, Han and Leia and what are presumably plenty of new characters given the expansive cast. It's been six months since the last trailer dropped for the film in the midst of the “Star Wars” celebration that took place in Anaheim, Calif., but now we have what I assume to be the final trailer before the actual release of the film and the reality of there being a new “Star Wars” movie just over the horizon is finally becoming a reality. While I was going to try and resist paying attention to what this trailer might hold the anticipation is unbelievable and I couldn't help but to divulge every bit of this glorious clip several times already. Things of note are the surplus footage of antagonist Kylo Ren and our first glimpse at Princess Leia, but still no sign of Luke. The film stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendolyn Christie, Domhnall Gleeson, Andy Serkis, Warwick Davis, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels and Max Von Sydow. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opens December 18th.

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