After months of leaked images and idle speculation around director J.J. Abrams’ film, Disney and Lucasfilm on Friday revealed a teaser trailer for ‘Star Wars - The Force Awakens’.
The teaser, which has been watched nearly 3 million times on YouTube, blasts viewers with quick, disjointed images of classic and slightly altered “Star Wars” images, like TIE Fighters, X-Wings, droids and the Millennium Falcon.
Set to a new John Williams score, audiences get a peek at newcomers John Boyega (the storm trooper in question), Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac and a mysterious caped man in a frozen forest carrying a three-pronged light saber. Many assume the sinister, lumbering figure to be Adam Driver, who is rumoured to be playing a villain in the highly secretive movie.
Andy Serkis is responsible for the haunting voiceover narration throughout the short spot, which previews a world 30 years after the events of “Return of the Jedi.”
Despite some negative reaction, overall, fans were not disappointed, even with the sobering knowledge that the actual film doesn’t hit theaters till December 18, 2015.
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director James Gunn also weighed in, writing, “Because everyone keeps asking me my opinion, I LOVED the Star Wars trailer. It infused me with a giddy-little-kidness.”
