A new Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser has been released!

Lucasfilm and Disney made a surprise reveal just moments ago! On the official Star Wars Instagram account, they just posted a new The Force Awakens teaser, featuring new footage from the highly-anticipated December 18 release! Check it out in the player below!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi, and features a new generation of swashbuckling heroes and shadowy villains, as well as the return of fan-favorite smugglers, princesses, and Jedi.

Also starring Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Lupita Nyong’o, Crystal Clarke, Pip Anderson, Christina Chong and Miltos Yerolemou, the J.J. Abrams-directed film will debut in theaters on December 18, 2015.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be followed on December 16, 2016 by Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, Star Wars: Episode VIII on May 26, 2017, and the Han Solo anthology movie on May 25, 2018. No release dates have been announced for Star Wars: Episode IX or for the third anthology movie. It was recently confirmed, however, that Jurassic World‘s Colin Trevorrow will be helming the third Saga chapter.

Even before the debut of this new Force Awakens teaser, it had been a busy day for Star Wars. This morning brought us new photos from the film and a look at the “Battle of Jakku” level from the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront. All of this is on the heels, too, of last night’s new Star Wars character reveal for the upcoming comic book prequel, Star Wars: Shattered Empire.

What did you think of this new Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser? Let us know in the comments below!

There has been an awakening… #StarWars #TheForceAwakens A video posted by Star Wars (@starwars) on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:00am PDT

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