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data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8:_%D0%95%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B4_VII_%E2%80%93_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Междузвездни войни: Епизод VII – Силата се пробужда – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Междузвездни войни: Епизод VII – Силата се пробужда" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratovi_zvijezda:_Sila_se_budi" title="Ratovi zvijezda: Sila se budi – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Ratovi zvijezda: Sila se budi" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_episodi_VII:_El_despertar_de_la_for%C3%A7a" title="Star Wars episodi VII: El despertar de la força – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Star Wars episodi VII: El despertar de la força" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_S%C3%ADla_se_probouz%C3%AD" title="Star Wars: Síla se probouzí – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Star Wars: Síla se probouzí" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Das_Erwachen_der_Macht" title="Star Wars: Das Erwachen der Macht – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Star Wars: Das Erwachen der Macht" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_J%C3%B5ud_t%C3%A4rkab" title="Star Wars: Jõud tärkab – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Star Wars: Jõud tärkab" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_%CE%97_%CE%94%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B7_%CE%9E%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%B5%CE%B9" title="Star Wars: Η Δύναμη Ξυπνάει – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Star Wars: Η Δύναμη Ξυπνάει" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episodio_VII_-_El_despertar_de_la_Fuerza" title="Star Wars: Episodio VII - El despertar de la Fuerza – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Star Wars: Episodio VII - El despertar de la Fuerza" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_VII:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_VII._Atala:_Indarraren_Iratzartzea" title="Star Wars VII. Atala: Indarraren Iratzartzea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Star Wars VII. Atala: Indarraren Iratzartzea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86:_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF" title="جنگ ستارگان: نیرو برمیخیزد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جنگ ستارگان: نیرو برمیخیزد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars,_%C3%A9pisode_VII_:_Le_R%C3%A9veil_de_la_Force" title="Star Wars, épisode VII : Le Réveil de la Force – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Star Wars, épisode VII : Le Réveil de la Force" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_VII_%E2%80%93_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_VII:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_VII:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EC%9B%8C%EC%A6%88:_%EA%B9%A8%EC%96%B4%EB%82%9C_%ED%8F%AC%EC%8A%A4" title="스타워즈: 깨어난 포스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스타워즈: 깨어난 포스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B2%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%B4%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D6%89_%D4%B7%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%A6%D5%B8%D5%A4_VII%D6%89_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AA%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Աստղային պատերազմներ։ Էպիզոդ VII։ Ուժի արթնացում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աստղային պատերազմներ։ Էպիզոդ VII։ Ուժի արթնացում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8:_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1_VII_-_%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="स्टार वार्स: एपिसोड VII - द फोर्स अवेकन्स – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="स्टार वार्स: एपिसोड VII - द फोर्स अवेकन्स" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratovi_zvijezda:_Sila_se_budi" title="Ratovi zvijezda: Sila se budi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ratovi zvijezda: Sila se budi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Il_risveglio_della_Forza" title="Star Wars: Il risveglio della Forza – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Star Wars: Il risveglio della Forza" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D_-_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A7_7:_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A8" title="מלחמת הכוכבים - פרק 7: הכוח מתעורר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מלחמת הכוכבים - פרק 7: הכוח מתעורר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98:_%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ვარსკვლავური ომები: ძალის გამოღვიძება – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვარსკვლავური ომები: ძალის გამოღვიძება" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D2%B1%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D1%81%D0%BE%D2%93%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80:_%D0%9A%D2%AF%D1%88%D1%82%D1%96%D2%A3_%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%8B" title="Жұлдызды соғыстар: Күштің оянуы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жұлдызды соғыстар: Күштің оянуы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%88%D1%83:_%D0%9A%D2%AF%D1%87%D1%82%D3%A9%D1%80%D0%B4%D2%AF%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88%D1%83" title="Жылдыздар согушу: Күчтөрдүн ойгонушу – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Жылдыздар согушу: Күчтөрдүн ойгонушу" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvaig%C5%BE%C5%86u_kari:_Sp%C4%93ks_mostas" title="Zvaigžņu kari: Spēks mostas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Zvaigžņu kari: Spēks mostas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDvaig%C5%BEd%C5%BEi%C5%B3_karai:_epizodas_VII_%E2%80%93_galia_nubunda" title="Žvaigždžių karai: epizodas VII – galia nubunda – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Žvaigždžių karai: epizodas VII – galia nubunda" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_VII_-_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_VII._r%C3%A9sz_%E2%80%93_Az_%C3%A9bred%C5%91_Er%C5%91" title="Star Wars VII. rész – Az ébredő Erő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Star Wars VII. rész – Az ébredő Erő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%95%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5:_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%9C%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8" title="Војна на ѕвездите: Моќта се буди – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Војна на ѕвездите: Моќта се буди" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_VII:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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J. Abrams">J. J. Abrams</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a></li> <li>J. J. Abrams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Arndt" title="Michael Arndt">Michael Arndt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_characters" title="List of Star Wars characters">Characters</a><br />by <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_(producer)" title="Kathleen Kennedy (producer)">Kathleen Kennedy</a></li> <li>J. J. Abrams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Burk" title="Bryan Burk">Bryan Burk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Ford" title="Harrison Ford">Harrison Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hamill" title="Mark Hamill">Mark Hamill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Driver" title="Adam Driver">Adam Driver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Ridley" title="Daisy Ridley">Daisy Ridley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boyega" title="John Boyega">John Boyega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Isaac" title="Oscar Isaac">Oscar Isaac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o" title="Lupita Nyong'o">Lupita Nyong'o</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Serkis" title="Andy Serkis">Andy Serkis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domhnall_Gleeson" title="Domhnall Gleeson">Domhnall Gleeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Daniels" title="Anthony Daniels">Anthony Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mayhew" title="Peter Mayhew">Peter Mayhew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_von_Sydow" title="Max von Sydow">Max von Sydow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Mindel" title="Dan Mindel">Dan Mindel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Jo_Markey" title="Mary Jo Markey">Mary Jo Markey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryann_Brandon" title="Maryann Brandon">Maryann Brandon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm_Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="Lucasfilm Ltd.">Lucasfilm Ltd.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_Robot" title="Bad Robot">Bad Robot</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures">Walt Disney Studios<br />Motion Pictures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>December 14, 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-12-14</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood, Los Angeles</a>)</li> <li>December 18, 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-12-18</span>)</span> (United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">138 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-BBFCRuntime_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBFCRuntime-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$447 million (net)<sup id="cite_ref-Budget-Reid-2023_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Budget-Reid-2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$2.071 billion<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</b></i> (also known as <i><b>Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens</b></i>) is a 2015 American <a href="/wiki/Epic_film" title="Epic film">epic</a> <a href="/wiki/Space_opera" title="Space opera">space opera</a> film co-produced, co-written, and directed by <a href="/wiki/J._J._Abrams" title="J. J. Abrams">J. J. Abrams</a>. The sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (1983), it is the seventh film in the "<a href="/wiki/Skywalker_Saga" class="mw-redirect" title="Skywalker Saga">Skywalker Saga</a>". Set thirty years after <i>Return of the Jedi</i>, <i>The Force Awakens</i> follows <a href="/wiki/Rey_(Star_Wars)" title="Rey (Star Wars)">Rey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finn_(Star_Wars)" title="Finn (Star Wars)">Finn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poe_Dameron" title="Poe Dameron">Poe Dameron</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Han_Solo" title="Han Solo">Han Solo</a>'s search for <a href="/wiki/Luke_Skywalker" title="Luke Skywalker">Luke Skywalker</a> and their fight in the <a href="/wiki/Resistance_(Star_Wars)" title="Resistance (Star Wars)">Resistance</a>, led by General <a href="/wiki/Leia_Organa" class="mw-redirect" title="Leia Organa">Leia Organa</a> and veterans of the <a href="/wiki/Rebel_Alliance" title="Rebel Alliance">Rebel Alliance</a>, against <a href="/wiki/Kylo_Ren" title="Kylo Ren">Kylo Ren</a> and the <a href="/wiki/First_Order_(Star_Wars)" title="First Order (Star Wars)">First Order</a>, a successor to the <a href="/wiki/Galactic_Empire_(Star_Wars)" title="Galactic Empire (Star Wars)">Galactic Empire</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_cast" title="Ensemble cast">ensemble cast</a> includes <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Ford" title="Harrison Ford">Harrison Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hamill" title="Mark Hamill">Mark Hamill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Driver" title="Adam Driver">Adam Driver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daisy_Ridley" title="Daisy Ridley">Daisy Ridley</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Boyega" title="John Boyega">John Boyega</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Isaac" title="Oscar Isaac">Oscar Isaac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o" title="Lupita Nyong'o">Lupita Nyong'o</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Serkis" title="Andy Serkis">Andy Serkis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domhnall_Gleeson" title="Domhnall Gleeson">Domhnall Gleeson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Daniels" title="Anthony Daniels">Anthony Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mayhew" title="Peter Mayhew">Peter Mayhew</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Max_von_Sydow" title="Max von Sydow">Max von Sydow</a>. </p><p>Work on a seventh entry in the "Skywalker Saga" commenced after <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">the Walt Disney Company</a>'s acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> in 2012. The film is the first <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> film to not extensively involve franchise creator <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>, who only served as a <a href="/wiki/Creative_consultant" title="Creative consultant">creative consultant</a> in the early stages of production. <i>The Force Awakens</i> was produced by Abrams, his longtime collaborator <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Burk" title="Bryan Burk">Bryan Burk</a>, and Lucasfilm president <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_(producer)" title="Kathleen Kennedy (producer)">Kathleen Kennedy</a>. Abrams and <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a>, co-writer of the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_original_trilogy" title="Star Wars original trilogy">original trilogy</a> films <i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> (1980) and <i>Return of the Jedi</i>, rewrote an initial script by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Arndt" title="Michael Arndt">Michael Arndt</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a>, composer for the previous episodic films, returned to compose the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (soundtrack)">score</a>. <a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> began in April 2014 and concluded the following November. Filming took place on sets at <a href="/wiki/Pinewood_Studios" title="Pinewood Studios">Pinewood Studios</a> in England, and on location mainly in Abu Dhabi, Iceland, and Ireland. On a budget of $447 million, it is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films" title="List of most expensive films">most expensive film ever made</a>. </p><p><i>The Force Awakens</i> premiered in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood, Los Angeles</a>, on December 14, 2015, and was released in the United States on December 18. It was positively received by critics, who found it an action-packed film with the mix of new and familiar actors capturing the nostalgia of the original trilogy and giving the franchise new energy.<sup id="cite_ref-rt_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film grossed $2.07 billion worldwide, <a href="/wiki/List_of_box_office_records_set_by_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="List of box office records set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens">breaking various box office records</a> and becoming the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada">highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2015_in_film#Highest-grossing_films" title="2015 in film">highest-grossing film of 2015</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films" title="List of highest-grossing films">third-highest-grossing film at the time of its release</a>. It was nominated for five awards at the <a href="/wiki/88th_Academy_Awards" title="88th Academy Awards">88th Academy Awards</a> and received <a href="/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="List of accolades received by Star Wars: The Force Awakens">numerous other accolades</a>. The film was followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi">The Last Jedi</a></i> (2017) and <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">The Rise of Skywalker</a></i> (2019), rounding out the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy" title="Star Wars sequel trilogy"><i>Star Wars</i> sequel trilogy</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thirty years after the Battle of <a href="/wiki/Endor_(Star_Wars)" title="Endor (Star Wars)">Endor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/First_Order_(Star_Wars)" title="First Order (Star Wars)">First Order</a> has risen from the fallen <a href="/wiki/Galactic_Empire_(Star_Wars)" title="Galactic Empire (Star Wars)">Galactic Empire</a> and seeks to end the <a href="/wiki/New_Republic_(Star_Wars)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Republic (Star Wars)">New Republic</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Resistance_(Star_Wars)" title="Resistance (Star Wars)">Resistance</a>, led by General <a href="/wiki/Leia_Organa" class="mw-redirect" title="Leia Organa">Leia Organa</a>, opposes the First Order. Leia searches for her twin brother, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Skywalker" title="Luke Skywalker">Luke Skywalker</a>, who is missing. </p><p>On the desert planet <a href="/wiki/Jakku" title="Jakku">Jakku</a>, Resistance pilot <a href="/wiki/Poe_Dameron" title="Poe Dameron">Poe Dameron</a> receives a map to Luke's location. First Order <a href="/wiki/Stormtrooper_(Star_Wars)" title="Stormtrooper (Star Wars)">stormtroopers</a> commanded by <a href="/wiki/Kylo_Ren" title="Kylo Ren">Kylo Ren</a> arrive and capture Poe. His droid, <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/BB-8" title="BB-8">BB-8</a></span>, escapes with the map and encounters <a href="/wiki/Rey_(Star_Wars)" title="Rey (Star Wars)">Rey</a>, a lone scavenger. Kylo tortures Poe using <a href="/wiki/The_Force" title="The Force">the Force</a> and learns of <span class="nowrap">BB-8</span>. Stormtrooper <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finn_(Star_Wars)" title="Finn (Star Wars)">FN-2187</a></span>, disillusioned with the First Order, saves Poe, and they escape in a stolen <a href="/wiki/TIE_fighter" title="TIE fighter">TIE fighter</a>. Upon learning that <span class="nowrap">FN-2187</span> has no other name, Poe names him "Finn". As they head to Jakku to retrieve <span class="nowrap">BB-8</span>, a First Order <a href="/wiki/Star_Destroyer" title="Star Destroyer">Star Destroyer</a> shoots them, and they crash-land. Finn survives and assumes Poe was killed after finding his jacket in the wreck. Finn encounters Rey and <span class="nowrap">BB-8</span>, but the First Order tracks them and launches an airstrike. Rey, Finn, and <span class="nowrap">BB-8</span> steal the <i><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Falcon" title="Millennium Falcon">Millennium Falcon</a></i> and escape Jakku. </p><p>The <i>Falcon</i> is discovered and boarded by <a href="/wiki/Han_Solo" title="Han Solo">Han Solo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chewbacca" title="Chewbacca">Chewbacca</a>. Gangs seeking to settle debts with Han attack, but the group escapes in the <i>Falcon</i>. At the First Order's <a href="/wiki/Starkiller_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Starkiller Base">Starkiller Base</a>, a planet converted into a superweapon, <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_Snoke" title="Supreme Leader Snoke">Supreme Leader Snoke</a> approves <a href="/wiki/General_Hux" title="General Hux">General Hux</a>'s request to use the weapon for the first time on the New Republic. Snoke questions Kylo's ability to deal with emotions surrounding his father, Han Solo, whom Kylo states means nothing to him. </p><p>Aboard the <i>Falcon</i>, Han determines that BB-8's map is incomplete. He then explains that Luke attempted to rebuild the <a href="/wiki/Jedi" title="Jedi">Jedi</a> Order but exiled himself when an apprentice turned to the dark side, destroyed Luke's temple, and slaughtered the other apprentices. The crew travels to the planet <a href="/wiki/Takodana" class="mw-redirect" title="Takodana">Takodana</a> and meets with <a href="/wiki/Cantina" title="Cantina">cantina</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Maz_Kanata" title="Maz Kanata">Maz Kanata</a>, who offers help getting <span class="nowrap">BB-8</span> to the Resistance. The Force draws Rey to a secluded vault, where she finds <a href="/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker" class="mw-redirect" title="Anakin Skywalker">Anakin Skywalker</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Lightsaber" title="Lightsaber">lightsaber</a>. She experiences disturbing visions, including a childhood memory of a ship leaving her on Jakku. Rey denies the lightsaber at Maz's offering and flees into the woods. Maz gives Finn the lightsaber for safekeeping. </p><p>Starkiller Base destroys the New Republic capital and its four neighboring planets, leaving the Resistance on their own. The First Order attacks Takodana in search of <span class="nowrap">BB-8</span>. Han, Chewbacca, and Finn are saved by Resistance <a href="/wiki/X-wing_fighter" title="X-wing fighter">X-wing fighters</a> led by Poe, who survived the crash. Leia arrives at Takodana with <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/C-3PO" title="C-3PO">C-3PO</a></span> and reunites with Han. Meanwhile, Kylo captures Rey, having realized that she had seen the map, and takes her to Starkiller Base, but she resists his mind-reading attempts. Snoke orders Kylo to bring Rey to him. Discovering she can use the Force, Rey escapes using a <a href="/wiki/Jedi_mind_trick" class="mw-redirect" title="Jedi mind trick">Jedi mind trick</a> on a stormtrooper guard. </p><p>At the Resistance base, BB-8 finds <a href="/wiki/R2-D2" title="R2-D2">R2-D2</a>, who had been in low-power mode since Luke's disappearance. As Starkiller Base prepares to fire once more, the Resistance plans to destroy it by attacking its thermal oscillator. Using the <i>Falcon</i>, Han, Chewbacca, and Finn infiltrate the facility, find Rey, and plant explosives. Han confronts Kylo, calling him by his birth-name Ben, and implores him to abandon the dark side. Kylo seems to consider this but ultimately kills Han. Chewbacca shoots Kylo, injuring him, and sets off the explosives, allowing Poe to attack and destroy the base's thermal oscillator. </p><p>Kylo pursues Rey and Finn into the woods and incapacitates Rey. Finn uses the lightsaber to duel Kylo but is quickly defeated. Rey awakens, takes the lightsaber, and defeats Kylo in a duel. Snoke orders Hux to evacuate and bring Kylo to him to complete his training. Chewbacca saves Rey and the injured Finn, and they escape aboard the <i>Falcon</i>. As the Resistance forces flee, Starkiller Base implodes and erupts into a star. <span class="nowrap">R2-D2</span> awakens and reveals the rest of the map, which points to the oceanic planet <a href="/wiki/Ahch-To" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahch-To">Ahch-To</a>. </p><p>Rey, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 travel to Ahch-To on the <i>Falcon</i>. Rey finds Luke atop a cliff on a remote island and presents him with his lightsaber. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_characters" title="List of Star Wars characters">List of <i>Star Wars</i> characters</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_cast_members" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Star Wars cast members">List of <i>Star Wars</i> cast members</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_Wars_-_The_Force_Awakens_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Star_Wars_-_The_Force_Awakens_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/220px-Star_Wars_-_The_Force_Awakens_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Star_Wars_-_The_Force_Awakens_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/330px-Star_Wars_-_The_Force_Awakens_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Star_Wars_-_The_Force_Awakens_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/440px-Star_Wars_-_The_Force_Awakens_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>The cast of <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> at the 2015 <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic Con</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Ford" title="Harrison Ford">Harrison Ford</a> as <a href="/wiki/Han_Solo" title="Han Solo">Han Solo</a>: A smuggler and captain of the <i>Millennium Falcon</i><sup id="cite_ref-CastFord1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastFord1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastFord2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastFord2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hamill" title="Mark Hamill">Mark Hamill</a> as <a href="/wiki/Luke_Skywalker" title="Luke Skywalker">Luke Skywalker</a>: The last <a href="/wiki/Jedi" title="Jedi">Jedi</a>, who has gone into hiding<sup id="cite_ref-CastHamill1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastHamill1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastHamill2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastHamill2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a> as <a href="/wiki/Princess_Leia" title="Princess Leia">General Leia Organa</a>: A leader of the Resistance<sup id="cite_ref-CastFisher1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastFisher1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastFisher2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastFisher2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Driver" title="Adam Driver">Adam Driver</a> as <a href="/wiki/Kylo_Ren" title="Kylo Ren">Kylo Ren</a>: A leader of the Knights of Ren and a warlord of the First Order, who is the son of Han and Leia<sup id="cite_ref-CastDriver1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastDriver1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastDriver2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastDriver2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastDriver3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastDriver3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Ridley" title="Daisy Ridley">Daisy Ridley</a> as <a href="/wiki/Rey_(Star_Wars)" title="Rey (Star Wars)">Rey</a>: A Force-sensitive scavenger<sup id="cite_ref-LATLastJedi_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATLastJedi-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cailey_Fleming" title="Cailey Fleming">Cailey Fleming</a> as young Rey<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boyega" title="John Boyega">John Boyega</a> as <a href="/wiki/Finn_(Star_Wars)" title="Finn (Star Wars)">Finn</a>: A reformed First Order <a href="/wiki/Stormtrooper_(Star_Wars)" title="Stormtrooper (Star Wars)">stormtrooper</a><sup id="cite_ref-LATLastJedi_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATLastJedi-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Isaac" title="Oscar Isaac">Oscar Isaac</a> as <a href="/wiki/Poe_Dameron" title="Poe Dameron">Poe Dameron</a>: A high-ranking <a href="/wiki/X-wing_fighter" title="X-wing fighter">X-wing fighter</a> pilot of the Resistance<sup id="cite_ref-LATLastJedi_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATLastJedi-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RadioTimesTROS_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RadioTimesTROS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o" title="Lupita Nyong'o">Lupita Nyong'o</a> as <a href="/wiki/Maz_Kanata" title="Maz Kanata">Maz Kanata</a>: A centuries-old and perceptive alien who owns a castle on the peaceful forest planet Takodana<sup id="cite_ref-CastNyongo1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastNyongo1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastNyongo2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastNyongo2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Serkis" title="Andy Serkis">Andy Serkis</a> as <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_Snoke" title="Supreme Leader Snoke">Supreme Leader Snoke</a>: An enigmatic, genetically artificial leader of the First Order<sup id="cite_ref-LATLastJedi_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATLastJedi-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastSerkis_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastSerkis-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domhnall_Gleeson" title="Domhnall Gleeson">Domhnall Gleeson</a> as <a href="/wiki/General_Hux" title="General Hux">General Hux</a>: The commander of the First Order's Starkiller Base<sup id="cite_ref-LATLastJedi_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATLastJedi-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Daniels" title="Anthony Daniels">Anthony Daniels</a> as <a href="/wiki/C-3PO" title="C-3PO">C-3PO</a>: A humanoid protocol droid<sup id="cite_ref-CastDaniels_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastDaniels-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mayhew" title="Peter Mayhew">Peter Mayhew</a> as <a href="/wiki/Chewbacca" title="Chewbacca">Chewbacca</a>: Han's loyal <a href="/wiki/Wookiee" title="Wookiee">Wookiee</a> friend and co-pilot<sup id="cite_ref-CastMayhew1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastMayhew1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastMayhew2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastMayhew2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joonas_Suotamo" title="Joonas Suotamo">Joonas Suotamo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ian_Whyte_(actor)" title="Ian Whyte (actor)">Ian Whyte</a> served as body doubles for Mayhew as he suffered from health problems<sup id="cite_ref-CastSuotamo_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastSuotamo-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastWhyte_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastWhyte-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_von_Sydow" title="Max von Sydow">Max von Sydow</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lor_San_Tekka" class="mw-redirect" title="Lor San Tekka">Lor San Tekka</a>: A galactic explorer searching for Luke Skywalker<sup id="cite_ref-CastVonSydow1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastVonSydow1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CastVonSydow2_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CastVonSydow2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Timothy_D._Rose" class="mw-redirect" title="Timothy D. Rose">Tim Rose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Quinn_(puppeteer)" title="Mike Quinn (puppeteer)">Mike Quinn</a> reprise their respective roles as <a href="/wiki/Admiral_Ackbar" title="Admiral Ackbar">Admiral Ackbar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nien_Nunb" class="mw-redirect" title="Nien Nunb">Nien Nunb</a> from <i>Return of the Jedi</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Erik_Bauersfeld" title="Erik Bauersfeld">Erik Bauersfeld</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kipsang_Rotich" class="mw-redirect" title="Kipsang Rotich">Kipsang Rotich</a> returning their respective voices.<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Baker_(English_actor)" title="Kenny Baker (English actor)">Kenny Baker</a>, originally announced as part of the cast, was credited as "consultant" for <a href="/wiki/R2-D2" title="R2-D2">R2-D2</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-OfficialCast_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OfficialCast-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BFI_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Vee" title="Jimmy Vee">Jimmy Vee</a> performing some of the work for R2-D2.<sup id="cite_ref-VeeR2D2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VeeR2D2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ewan_McGregor" title="Ewan McGregor">Ewan McGregor</a> has an uncredited vocal cameo as <a href="/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi" title="Obi-Wan Kenobi">Obi-Wan Kenobi</a> in Rey's vision sequence, while archival audio of <a href="/wiki/Frank_Oz" title="Frank Oz">Frank Oz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> as <a href="/wiki/Yoda" title="Yoda">Yoda</a> and Kenobi, respectively, are also used in the same scene; Oz recorded new dialogue for the film, but it was replaced with preexisting audio from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series)" title="Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)">Star Wars: The Clone Wars</a></i> voice actor <a href="/wiki/James_Arnold_Taylor" title="James Arnold Taylor">James Arnold Taylor</a>, who has voiced Obi-Wan Kenobi in different <i>Star Wars</i> media, originally recorded Kenobi's dialogue, but his recordings were replaced with McGregor's.<sup id="cite_ref-RedubbedDialogue_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedubbedDialogue-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gwendoline_Christie" title="Gwendoline Christie">Gwendoline Christie</a> portrays <a href="/wiki/Captain_Phasma" title="Captain Phasma">Captain Phasma</a>, the commander of the First Order's legions of stormtroopers.<sup id="cite_ref-OfficialCast2_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OfficialCast2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chapman_(actor)" title="Dave Chapman (actor)">Dave Chapman</a> and Brian Herring served as puppeteers for <a href="/wiki/BB-8" title="BB-8">BB-8</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hader" title="Bill Hader">Bill Hader</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Schwartz" title="Ben Schwartz">Ben Schwartz</a> credited as "Vocal Consultants".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Leung" title="Ken Leung">Ken Leung</a> appears as Statura, an admiral in the Resistance.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Pegg" title="Simon Pegg">Simon Pegg</a> appears as Unkar Plutt, the Junk parts dealer on Jakku.<sup id="cite_ref-GleesonAndPegg_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GleesonAndPegg-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Grunberg" title="Greg Grunberg">Greg Grunberg</a> plays <a href="/wiki/Snap_Wexley" class="mw-redirect" title="Snap Wexley">Temmin "Snap" Wexley</a>, an X-wing pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kiran_Shah" title="Kiran Shah">Kiran Shah</a> plays Teedo, a scavenger on Jakku who rides a semi-mechanical Luggabeast.<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Henwick" title="Jessica Henwick">Jessica Henwick</a> appears as <a href="/wiki/Jessika_Pava" class="mw-redirect" title="Jessika Pava">Jess "Testor" Pava</a> or Jess Testor, an X-wing pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Vernel" title="Brian Vernel">Brian Vernel</a> appears as Bala-Tik, the leader of the Guavian Death Gang.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Yayan_Ruhian" title="Yayan Ruhian">Yayan Ruhian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iko_Uwais" title="Iko Uwais">Iko Uwais</a> appear as Tasu Leech and Razoo Qin-Fee, members of the Kanjiklub Gang, a criminal organization.<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Davis" title="Warwick Davis">Warwick Davis</a> appears as Wollivan, a tavern-dweller in Maz Kanata's castle.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anna_Brewster" title="Anna Brewster">Anna Brewster</a> appears as <a href="/wiki/Bazine_Netal" class="mw-redirect" title="Bazine Netal">Bazine Netal</a>, a First Order spy, also at Maz Kanata's castle.<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hannah_John-Kamen" title="Hannah John-Kamen">Hannah John-Kamen</a> appears as a First Order officer.<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brodie-Sangster" title="Thomas Brodie-Sangster">Thomas Brodie-Sangster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kate_Fleetwood" title="Kate Fleetwood">Kate Fleetwood</a> play First Order Petty Officers, Thanisson and Unamo, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Billie_Lourd" title="Billie Lourd">Billie Lourd</a>, daughter of Carrie Fisher, appears as <a href="/wiki/Connix" class="mw-redirect" title="Connix">Connix</a>, a lieutenant in the Resistance.<sup id="cite_ref-Lourd_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lourd-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the Resistance include <a href="/wiki/Emun_Elliott" title="Emun Elliott">Emun Elliott</a> as Brance<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Maisie_Richardson-Sellers" title="Maisie Richardson-Sellers">Maisie Richardson-Sellers</a> as Korr Sella<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Walter" title="Harriet Walter">Harriet Walter</a> appears as Kalonia, the doctor who tends to Chewbacca.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeastCast_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeastCast-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Stanley" title="Mark Stanley">Mark Stanley</a> appears as a Knight of Ren.<sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeastCast_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeastCast-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Armesto" title="Sebastian Armesto">Sebastian Armesto</a> portrays Lieutenant Mitaka and <a href="/wiki/Pip_Torrens" title="Pip Torrens">Pip Torrens</a> portrays Colonel Kaplan, both serving the First Order.<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_17-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Craig" title="Daniel Craig">Daniel Craig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Giacchino" title="Michael Giacchino">Michael Giacchino</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Godrich" title="Nigel Godrich">Nigel Godrich</a> cameo as stormtroopers.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams' assistant, Morgan Dameron, appears as a Resistance officer,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while his father, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_W._Abrams" title="Gerald W. Abrams">Gerald W. Abrams</a>, appears as Captain Cypress.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dialect coach <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jack_(dialect_coach)" title="Andrew Jack (dialect coach)">Andrew Jack</a> portrays Resistance Major Caluan Ematt.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christina_Chong" title="Christina Chong">Christina Chong</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Miltos_Yerolemou" title="Miltos Yerolemou">Miltos Yerolemou</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amybeth Hargreaves,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leanne_Best" title="Leanne Best">Leanne Best</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Judah_Friedlander" title="Judah Friedlander">Judah Friedlander</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith" title="Kevin Smith">Kevin Smith</a> appear in minor roles.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Riot control stormtrooper <a href="/wiki/FN-2199" class="mw-redirect" title="FN-2199">FN-2199</a>, who calls Finn a traitor during the battle on <a href="/wiki/Takodana" class="mw-redirect" title="Takodana">Takodana</a>, was portrayed by stunt performer Liang Yang and voiced by sound editor <a href="/wiki/David_Acord" title="David Acord">David Acord</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FN-2199_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FN-2199-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Star Wars</i> creator <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> discussed ideas for a <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy" title="Star Wars sequel trilogy">sequel trilogy</a> several times after the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_original_trilogy" title="Star Wars original trilogy">original trilogy</a>, but denied any intent to make it.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes2008_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes2008-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A seventh entry in the "<a href="/wiki/Skywalker_Saga" class="mw-redirect" title="Skywalker Saga">Skywalker Saga</a>", a nine-part <i>Star Wars</i> series,<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTTROS_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTTROS-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> began development shortly after Lucas sold his production company <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> to <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">the Walt Disney Company</a> in October 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speaking alongside Lucasfilm's new president, <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_(producer)" title="Kathleen Kennedy (producer)">Kathleen Kennedy</a>, Lucas said: "I always said I wasn't going to do any more and that's true, because I'm not going to do any more, but that doesn't mean I'm unwilling to turn it over to Kathy to do more."<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As creative consultant on the film, Lucas attended early story meetings and advised on the details of the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_expanded_universe" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Wars expanded universe"><i>Star Wars</i> universe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BloombergMar2013_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BloombergMar2013-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the materials he turned over to the production team were his rough <a href="/wiki/Film_treatment" title="Film treatment">story treatments</a> for <i>Episodes VII–IX</i>, which Lucas requested be read only by Kennedy, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Iger" title="Bob Iger">Bob Iger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_F._Horn" title="Alan F. Horn">Alan F. Horn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_A._Mayer" title="Kevin A. Mayer">Kevin A. Mayer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BloombergMar2013_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BloombergMar2013-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lucas later said Disney had discarded his story ideas and that he had no further involvement with the film.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lucas_treatment_unused_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lucas_treatment_unused-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lucas' son Jett told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> that his father was "very torn" about having sold the rights to the franchise and that his father was "there to guide" but that "he wants to let it go and become its new generation".<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kathleen_Kennedy,_J._J._Abrams,_Lawrence_Kasdan_by_Gage_Skidmore_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kathleen_Kennedy%2C_J._J._Abrams%2C_Lawrence_Kasdan_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Kathleen_Kennedy%2C_J._J._Abrams%2C_Lawrence_Kasdan_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kathleen_Kennedy%2C_J._J._Abrams%2C_Lawrence_Kasdan_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Kathleen_Kennedy%2C_J._J._Abrams%2C_Lawrence_Kasdan_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kathleen_Kennedy%2C_J._J._Abrams%2C_Lawrence_Kasdan_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Kathleen_Kennedy%2C_J._J._Abrams%2C_Lawrence_Kasdan_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="2642" /></a><figcaption>From left to right: producer <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_(producer)" title="Kathleen Kennedy (producer)">Kathleen Kennedy</a>, writer and director <a href="/wiki/J._J._Abrams" title="J. J. Abrams">J. J. Abrams</a>, and writer <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a> speaking at the 2015 <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a></figcaption></figure> <p><i>The Force Awakens</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> first screenplay was written by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Arndt" title="Michael Arndt">Michael Arndt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of his hiring, Arndt was also tapped to pen story treatments for the following installments.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arndt took part in a writers room with <a href="/wiki/Simon_Kinberg" title="Simon Kinberg">Simon Kinberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Hidalgo" title="Pablo Hidalgo">Pablo Hidalgo</a>, and Kiri Hart to discuss and plan the overall trilogy.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early drafts had <a href="/wiki/Luke_Skywalker" title="Luke Skywalker">Luke Skywalker</a> appear midway through the film, but Arndt found that "every time Luke came in and entered the movie, he just took it over. Suddenly you didn't care about your main character anymore."<sup id="cite_ref-EWDec2015_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EWDec2015-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The writers decided to use Luke as the film's <a href="/wiki/MacGuffin" title="MacGuffin">MacGuffin</a> and, as something that the protagonists needed to find, would not appear in person until the final scene.<sup id="cite_ref-EWDec2015_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EWDec2015-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arndt also developed some backstory elements for the returning characters from the original trilogy, such as how Leia was instrumental in rebuilding the Republic after the fall of the Empire before being discredited when it was publicly revealed that her biological father was Darth Vader (this would go on to become a central plot point in the canonical novel <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Bloodline" title="Star Wars: Bloodline">Star Wars: Bloodline</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESzostak2019151_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESzostak2019151-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several directors were considered, including <a href="/wiki/David_Fincher" title="David Fincher">David Fincher</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Brad_Bird" title="Brad Bird">Brad Bird</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Favreau" title="Jon Favreau">Jon Favreau</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro" title="Guillermo del Toro">Guillermo del Toro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bird was reportedly the "top choice" to helm the film, but his commitments to <i><a href="/wiki/Tomorrowland_(film)" title="Tomorrowland (film)">Tomorrowland</a></i> forced him to withdraw.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Vaughn" title="Matthew Vaughn">Matthew Vaughn</a> was an early candidate for the job, even dropping out of <i><a href="/wiki/X-Men:_Days_of_Future_Past" title="X-Men: Days of Future Past">X-Men: Days of Future Past</a></i> in favor for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Trevorrow" title="Colin Trevorrow">Colin Trevorrow</a> was also under consideration by the studio, while <a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neill_Blomkamp" title="Neill Blomkamp">Neill Blomkamp</a> passed on the project.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a suggestion by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> to Kennedy,<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/J._J._Abrams" title="J. J. Abrams">J. J. Abrams</a> was named director in January 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-EpisodeVIINamedDirector_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EpisodeVIINamedDirector-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg as project consultants.<sup id="cite_ref-KasdanKinbergConsultants_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KasdanKinbergConsultants-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kasdan worked to convince Abrams to direct the film after the filmmaker initially rejected the offer.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arndt worked on the script for eight months, but said he needed 18 more, which was more time than Disney or Abrams could give him.<sup id="cite_ref-Hiatt_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hiatt-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production announced Arndt's exit from the project on October 24, 2013. That same day, Kasdan and Abrams took over script duties,<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both of whom planned the story while walking in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>, New York City, Paris, and London. The first draft was completed in six weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams said the key to the film was that it return to the roots of the first <i>Star Wars</i> films and be based more on emotion than explanation.<sup id="cite_ref-Parismatch_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parismatch-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2014, Abrams confirmed that the script was complete.<sup id="cite_ref-WrapScript_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WrapScript-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2014, Lucasfilm clarified that <i>Episodes VII–IX</i> would not feature storylines from the <i>Star Wars</i> expanded universe, though other elements could be included, as with the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Rebels" title="Star Wars Rebels">Star Wars Rebels</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-EUApril2014_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EUApril2014-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abrams stated that he purposely withheld some plot elements from <i>The Force Awakens</i>, such as Rey and Finn's last names and backgrounds. Kennedy admitted that "we haven't mapped out every single detail [of the sequel trilogy] yet", but said that Abrams was collaborating with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Jedi" class="mw-redirect" title="The Last Jedi">The Last Jedi</a></i> director <a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a>, and that Johnson would work with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rise_of_Skywalker" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rise of Skywalker">The Rise of Skywalker</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s then-director <a href="/wiki/Colin_Trevorrow" title="Colin Trevorrow">Colin Trevorrow</a> to ensure a smooth transition and that "everybody's got a say in how we move forward with this".<sup id="cite_ref-Variety7Dec2015_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety7Dec2015-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Daisy Ridley later recounted that J. J. Abrams had written drafts for episodes 8 and 9.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A fictional language was developed for use in the film by <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> star <a href="/wiki/Sara_Forsberg" title="Sara Forsberg">Sara Forsberg</a>, who created the <a href="/wiki/Viral_video" title="Viral video">viral video</a> series "What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners"; Forsberg developed the language by studying various languages, such as Hindi and Gujarati.<sup id="cite_ref-forsberg_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forsberg-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2015, Lucas recorded an hour-long interview with <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a> reporter <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rose" title="Charlie Rose">Charlie Rose</a> in which he said Disney had not been "keen" to involve him and conceded: "If I get in there, I'm just going to cause trouble because they're not going to do what I want them to do, and I don't have the control to do that any more, and all it would do is just muck everything up."<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also said, "They wanted to do a retro movie. I don't like that. Every movie, I worked very hard to make them different [...] I made them completely different—different planets, different spaceships to make it new."<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-20151231_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-20151231-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early December 2015, Kathleen Kennedy told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> that Lucas had seen the movie and "liked it".<sup id="cite_ref-THR-20151204_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THR-20151204-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same month, at the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a>, Lucas stated, "I think the fans are going to love it, It's very much the kind of movie they've been looking for."<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams felt that, as the first in a new trilogy, the film "needed to take a couple of steps backwards into very familiar terrain" and use plot elements from previous <i>Star Wars</i> films.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-production">Pre-production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pre-production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2013, it was confirmed that <i>The Force Awakens</i> would be filmed in the United Kingdom. Representatives from Lucasfilm met with <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a> to agree to produce <i>The Force Awakens</i> in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Osborne committed £25 million of public money towards the film, claiming it was a boost for British culture and its film industry.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to production company account filings in the United Kingdom, <i>The Force Awakens</i> ultimately received a total of £31.6 million ($47.4 million) from the government.<sup id="cite_ref-Budget_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Budget-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spenceb_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spenceb-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in September 2013, production spaces at the <a href="/wiki/Bad_Robot" title="Bad Robot">Bad Robot</a> facility were converted for shooting of <i>The Force Awakens</i> for the benefit of shooting a minor portion of the film in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film's costume designer was <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kaplan_(costume_designer)" title="Michael Kaplan (costume designer)">Michael Kaplan</a>, who had previously worked with Abrams on the films <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(2009_film)" title="Star Trek (2009 film)">Star Trek</a></i> (2009) and <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness" title="Star Trek Into Darkness">Star Trek Into Darkness</a></i> (2013).<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Film editors <a href="/wiki/Mary_Jo_Markey" title="Mary Jo Markey">Mary Jo Markey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maryann_Brandon" title="Maryann Brandon">Maryann Brandon</a>, long-term collaborators with Abrams, were also signed.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2013, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Cinematographer" title="Cinematographer">cinematographer</a> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Mindel" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Mindel">Daniel Mindel</a> would be shooting the film on <a href="/wiki/35_mm_movie_film" title="35 mm movie film">35 mm film</a> (specifically <a href="/wiki/Kodak" title="Kodak">Kodak</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_motion_picture_film_stocks" title="List of motion picture film stocks">5219</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2013, other crew members were confirmed, including sound designer <a href="/wiki/Ben_Burtt" title="Ben Burtt">Ben Burtt</a>, director of photography Mindel, production designers <a href="/wiki/Rick_Carter" title="Rick Carter">Rick Carter</a> and Darren Gilford, costume designer Michael Kaplan, special effects supervisor <a href="/wiki/Chris_Corbould" title="Chris Corbould">Chris Corbould</a>, re-recording mixer <a href="/wiki/Gary_Rydstrom" title="Gary Rydstrom">Gary Rydstrom</a>, supervising sound editor Matthew Wood, visual effects supervisors Roger Guyett, and executive producer Jason McGatlin.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting">Casting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Open auditions were held in the United Kingdom and the United States in November 2013 for the roles of "Rachel" and "Thomas".<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Casting began in earnest in January 2014, because of changes to the script by Kasdan and Abrams.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Screen tests with actors continued until at least three weeks before the official announcement in April 2014, with final casting decisions made only a few weeks earlier. Actors testing had strict nondisclosure agreements, preventing them, their agents or their publicists from commenting on their involvement.<sup id="cite_ref-secret_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secret-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Lucas intimated that previous cast members <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Ford" title="Harrison Ford">Harrison Ford</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hamill" title="Mark Hamill">Mark Hamill</a> would return for the new film as early as March 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-BloombergMar2013_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BloombergMar2013-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> their casting was not confirmed until over a year later.<sup id="cite_ref-OfficialCast_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OfficialCast-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abrams set out to have a more diverse cast than previous installments.<sup id="cite_ref-Kroll_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kroll-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A very early report claimed the studio wanted <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Gosling" title="Ryan Gosling">Ryan Gosling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zac_Efron" title="Zac Efron">Zac Efron</a> for roles.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2013, <a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saoirse_Ronan" title="Saoirse Ronan">Saoirse Ronan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Oyelowo" title="David Oyelowo">David Oyelowo</a> were among the first to meet with the director.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2014, <i>The Hollywood Reporter</i> revealed <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Connell_(actor)" title="Jack O'Connell (actor)">Jack O'Connell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor" title="Chiwetel Ejiofor">Chiwetel Ejiofor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Pettyfer" title="Alex Pettyfer">Alex Pettyfer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Plemons" title="Jesse Plemons">Jesse Plemons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sullivan_Stapleton" title="Sullivan Stapleton">Sullivan Stapleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tye_Sheridan" title="Tye Sheridan">Tye Sheridan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Weaving" title="Hugo Weaving">Hugo Weaving</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Fassbender" title="Michael Fassbender">Michael Fassbender</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Driver" title="Adam Driver">Adam Driver</a> all met with Abrams for the film. The role Sheridan met for was ultimately rewritten to be played by a 40 year old actor, while Weaving was in talks for an "Imperial commander".<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ronan, Jordan, <a href="/wiki/Frida_Gustavsson" title="Frida Gustavsson">Frida Gustavsson</a>, and later <a href="/wiki/Miles_Teller" title="Miles Teller">Miles Teller</a> would go on to confirm their auditions for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Industry publications speculated that Plemons could possibly be playing Luke Skywalker's son.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February, Driver was in final negotiations for an unnamed villain, while <a href="/wiki/Gary_Oldman" title="Gary Oldman">Gary Oldman</a> revealed he was approached for an undisclosed role.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March, <a href="/wiki/John_Boyega" title="John Boyega">John Boyega</a>, Plemons, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Fisher_(actor)" title="Ray Fisher (actor)">Ray Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_James_Thomas" title="Matthew James Thomas">Matthew James Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Speleers" title="Ed Speleers">Ed Speleers</a> were Abrams' top choice for the lead role.<sup id="cite_ref-Kroll_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kroll-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boyega began talks after dropping out of the <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Owens" title="Jesse Owens">Jesse Owens</a> biopic <i><a href="/wiki/Race_(2016_film)" title="Race (2016 film)">Race</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-secret_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secret-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same month, <a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o" title="Lupita Nyong'o">Lupita Nyong'o</a> was said to have met also met with Abrams for the female lead.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2014, Plemons and Thomas were no longer in contention for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same month, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, an "unknown Oxford actress", and <a href="/wiki/Dev_Patel" title="Dev Patel">Dev Patel</a> were up for unknown roles.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ronan, Richardson-Sellers, <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Eaton" title="Courtney Eaton">Courtney Eaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eiza_Gonzalez" class="mw-redirect" title="Eiza Gonzalez">Eiza Gonzalez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Olsen" title="Elizabeth Olsen">Elizabeth Olsen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Henwick" title="Jessica Henwick">Jessica Henwick</a> auditioned for Rey.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_David-Jones" title="Joseph David-Jones">Joseph David-Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Holland" title="Tom Holland">Tom Holland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Daryl_McCormack" title="Daryl McCormack">Daryl McCormack</a> were later reported to have auditioned for Finn while McCormack made it to the final round of auditions for the part.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Redmayne" title="Eddie Redmayne">Eddie Redmayne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joel_Kinnaman" title="Joel Kinnaman">Joel Kinnaman</a> tested for Kylo Ren.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Ridley" title="Daisy Ridley">Daisy Ridley</a> was cast by February 2014, and by the end of that month a deal had been worked out with Driver, who was able to work around his <i><a href="/wiki/Girls_(TV_series)" title="Girls (TV series)">Girls</a></i> schedule. Talks with <a href="/wiki/Andy_Serkis" title="Andy Serkis">Andy Serkis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Isaac" title="Oscar Isaac">Oscar Isaac</a> began by March and continued into April.<sup id="cite_ref-secret_128-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secret-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Denis_Lawson" title="Denis Lawson">Denis Lawson</a>, who played <a href="/wiki/Wedge_Antilles" title="Wedge Antilles">Wedge Antilles</a> in the original trilogy, declined to reprise his role, saying it would have "bored" him.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April, Ridley, Boyega, Isaac, Driver, Serkis, <a href="/wiki/Domhnall_Gleeson" title="Domhnall Gleeson">Domhnall Gleeson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Max_von_Sydow" title="Max von Sydow">Max von Sydow</a> were announced as part of the cast; while Ford, Hamill, Fisher, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Daniels" title="Anthony Daniels">Anthony Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mayhew" title="Peter Mayhew">Peter Mayhew</a>, and Baker reprised their roles from the original trilogy.<sup id="cite_ref-OfficialCast_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OfficialCast-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June, cast additions Lupita Nyong'o and <a href="/wiki/Gwendoline_Christie" title="Gwendoline Christie">Gwendoline Christie</a> were announced.<sup id="cite_ref-OfficialCast2_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OfficialCast2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To prepare for his role, Hamill was assigned a personal trainer and a nutritionist at the request of the producers, who wanted him to resemble an older Luke.<sup id="cite_ref-DigitalSpy_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DigitalSpy-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fisher was also assigned a personal trainer and a nutritionist.<sup id="cite_ref-DigitalSpy_156-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DigitalSpy-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams initially considered using Daniels only in a voice role for C-3PO,<sup id="cite_ref-C3POdemand_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C3POdemand-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Daniels opted to reprise the role physically as well; the production team built a new C-3PO costume to accommodate him.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A flashback scene was cut from Rey's vision (following her discovery of Luke's lightsaber), which would have featured <a href="/wiki/Robert_Boulter" title="Robert Boulter">Robert Boulter</a> <a href="/wiki/Stand-in" title="Stand-in">standing in</a> for Luke as he appeared in his duel with Vader in <i>The Empire Strikes Back</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May, Abrams announced a donation contest for <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> from the <i>Star Wars</i> set in Abu Dhabi; the winner was allowed to visit the set, meet members of the cast and appear in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October, Warwick Davis, who played <a href="/wiki/Wicket_W._Warrick" class="mw-redirect" title="Wicket W. Warrick">Wicket</a> in <i>Return of the Jedi</i>, as well as Wald and Weazle in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Phantom_Menace" class="mw-redirect" title="The Phantom Menace">The Phantom Menace</a></i> (1999), announced that he would appear in <i>The Force Awakens</i>, but did not reveal his role.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Reynolds" title="Debbie Reynolds">Debbie Reynolds</a> confirmed that her granddaughter (Fisher's daughter), <a href="/wiki/Billie_Lourd" title="Billie Lourd">Billie Lourd</a>, was in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-Lourd_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lourd-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lourd first auditioned for the role of Rey prior to her casting.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rust-tinged_ranges_(4185709574).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Rust-tinged_ranges_%284185709574%29.jpg/220px-Rust-tinged_ranges_%284185709574%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Rust-tinged_ranges_%284185709574%29.jpg/330px-Rust-tinged_ranges_%284185709574%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Rust-tinged_ranges_%284185709574%29.jpg/440px-Rust-tinged_ranges_%284185709574%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Rub%27_Al_Khali" class="mw-redirect" title="Rub' Al Khali">Rub' Al Khali</a> desert around <a href="/wiki/Liwa_Oasis" title="Liwa Oasis">Liwa Oasis</a> in the United Arab Emirates was used as filming location for planet <a href="/wiki/Jakku" title="Jakku">Jakku</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In February 2014, Abrams said filming would begin in May and last about three months.<sup id="cite_ref-Parismatch_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parismatch-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official announcement came in March, when Disney and Lucasfilm announced that <a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">principal photography</a> would commence in May and be based at Pinewood Studios in <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>, England.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That month, it was revealed that pre-production filming would take place in Iceland prior to the start of official filming in May, consisting of landscape shots that would be used for scenery in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April, <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)" title="Walt Disney Studios (division)">Walt Disney Studios</a> chairman Alan Horn confirmed that filming had begun,<sup id="cite_ref-Appelo_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appelo-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> filming in secret in the United Arab Emirates around <a href="/wiki/Liwa_Oasis" title="Liwa Oasis">Liwa Oasis</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Abu_Dhabi" title="Emirate of Abu Dhabi">emirate of Abu Dhabi</a>, by a second unit.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that month, it was revealed that in addition to 35 mm film, segments of the film were being shot in the <a href="/wiki/65_mm" class="mw-redirect" title="65 mm">65 mm</a> <a href="/wiki/IMAX" title="IMAX">IMAX</a> format.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July, Bad Robot reported via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> that the film would be at least partially shot on IMAX cameras.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Principal photography began in Abu Dhabi on May 16, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The budget was initially estimated to be between $259 million and $306 million,<sup id="cite_ref-Budget_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Budget-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DeadlineProfitAnalysisFinal_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeadlineProfitAnalysisFinal-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in 2023 financial accounts revealed the gross spend was $533 million and the net cost after tax breaks was $447 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Budget-Reid-2023_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Budget-Reid-2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams and the cast members went to Abu Dhabi in early May, where large sets were built on location—including a shuttle-like spacecraft, a large tower, and a big market—and where explosives were used to create a "blast crater". Cast members were spotted practicing driving vehicles that would be used during filming.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Production moved to Pinewood Studios in June.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Skellig_Michael_(6214838436).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="view over Skellig Michael showing stone beehive structures and Small Skellig island in the distance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Skellig_Michael_%286214838436%29.jpg/200px-Skellig_Michael_%286214838436%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Skellig_Michael_%286214838436%29.jpg/300px-Skellig_Michael_%286214838436%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Skellig_Michael_%286214838436%29.jpg/400px-Skellig_Michael_%286214838436%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1166" data-file-height="786" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Greenham_Common,_silo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="concrete missile silo covered in grass" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RAF_Greenham_Common%2C_silo.jpg/200px-RAF_Greenham_Common%2C_silo.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RAF_Greenham_Common%2C_silo.jpg/300px-RAF_Greenham_Common%2C_silo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RAF_Greenham_Common%2C_silo.jpg/400px-RAF_Greenham_Common%2C_silo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="584" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Skellig_Michael" title="Skellig Michael">Skellig Michael</a> in Ireland (top) and former <a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">RAF Greenham Common</a> in England served as filming locations.</div></div></div></div> <p>That same month, Harrison Ford fractured his leg while filming at Pinewood after a hydraulic door on the <i><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Falcon" title="Millennium Falcon">Millennium Falcon</a></i> set fell on him, and was taken to a hospital. According to Abrams, Ford's ankle "went to a 90-degree angle".<sup id="cite_ref-Hiatt_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hiatt-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Production was suspended for two weeks because of Ford's injury.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ford's son Ben said the ankle would likely need a plate and screws and that filming could be altered slightly, with the crew needing to shoot Ford from the waist up for a short time until he recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A month later, <a href="/wiki/Jake_Steinfeld" title="Jake Steinfeld">Jake Steinfeld</a>, Ford's personal trainer, said Ford was recovering rapidly.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams also suffered a fractured vertebra in his back when he was trying to help lift the door after Ford's accident,<sup id="cite_ref-Hiatt_102-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hiatt-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but he kept this to himself for over a month.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2016, it was reported that the <a href="/wiki/Health_and_Safety_Executive" title="Health and Safety Executive">Health and Safety Executive</a> brought four criminal charges against Disney subsidiary Foodles Production (UK), Ltd. for alleged <a href="/wiki/Occupational_safety_and_health" title="Occupational safety and health">health and safety</a> breaches relating to Ford's accident.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Foodles Production (UK) Ltd was subsequently fined $1.95 million in October 2016 for two health and safety breaches, after admitting the counts at an earlier hearing.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 28, 2014, filming took place over three days at <a href="/wiki/Skellig_Michael" title="Skellig Michael">Skellig Michael</a>, an island off the coast of <a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">County Kerry</a>, Ireland, with a cast including Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Landscape shots for the planet Takodana were shot in July in the Lake District in the northwest of England.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Production was halted for two weeks in early August 2014 so Abrams could rework shooting in Ford's absence and resumed with a fully healed Ford in mid-August.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September, the former <a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">RAF Greenham Common</a> military base in <a href="/wiki/Berkshire" title="Berkshire">Berkshire</a> was used and featured set constructions of several spaceships.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-greenham_183-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-greenham-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Puzzlewood" title="Puzzlewood">Puzzlewood</a> in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire England was used for some scenes.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Principal photography ended on November 3, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-production">Post-production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post-production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1221olympicblvd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/1221olympicblvd.jpg/220px-1221olympicblvd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/1221olympicblvd.jpg/330px-1221olympicblvd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/1221olympicblvd.jpg/440px-1221olympicblvd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4376" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Bad Robot headquarters in Santa Monica, where Abrams supervised post-production of the film</figcaption></figure> <p>Kennedy said <i>The Force Awakens</i> would use real locations and models over <a href="/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" title="Computer-generated imagery">computer-generated imagery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CGI_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGI-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson reiterated that Abrams would use little CGI and more practical, traditional special effects, saying: "I think people are coming back around to [practical effects]. It feels like there is sort of that gravity pulling us back toward it. I think that more and more people are hitting kind of a critical mass in terms of the CG-driven action scene lending itself to a very specific type of action scene, where physics go out the window and it becomes so big so quick."<sup id="cite_ref-THRJohnson_188-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THRJohnson-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams' intention in prioritizing practical special effects was to recreate the visual realism and authenticity of the original <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-effects_189-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-effects-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To that end, the droid BB-8 was a physical prop developed by <a href="/wiki/Disney_Research" title="Disney Research">Disney Research</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Fortune_BB-8_190-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fortune_BB-8-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> created by special effects artist <a href="/wiki/Neal_Scanlan" title="Neal Scanlan">Neal Scanlan</a> and operated live on set with the actors.<sup id="cite_ref-BB-8_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB-8-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Scanlan_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scanlan-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Holochess sequence was created using stop-motion, which was supervised by <a href="/wiki/Tippett_Studio" title="Tippett Studio">Tippett Studio</a> and overseen by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Tippett" title="Phil Tippett">Phil Tippett</a>, who also worked on the stop-motion sequence in the original <i>Star Wars</i> film.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2014, <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic" title="Industrial Light & Magic">Industrial Light & Magic</a> (ILM) announced plans to open a facility in London, citing Disney's <i>Star Wars</i> films as a catalyst for the expansion. ILM's Vancouver branch also worked on the special effects for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-ILM_195-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILM-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams supervised <a href="/wiki/Post-production" title="Post-production">post-production</a> and editing of the film at Bad Robot's headquarters in Santa Monica.<sup id="cite_ref-Hiatt_102-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hiatt-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2015, he gave the film's estimated running time of 124 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abrams made changes to the film's plot in the editing process to simplify the film, by removing some sequences shown in trailers: "At one point, Maz used to continue along with the characters back to the Resistance base, but we realised that she really had nothing to do there of value [...] So we ended up leaving those things out."<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_197-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final cut of the film runs for 138 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 6, 2014, the film's title was announced as <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-title_199-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-title-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2015, <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Hidalgo" title="Pablo Hidalgo">Pablo Hidalgo</a>, the creative executive at the Lucasfilm Story Group which handles all the canonical continuity for the <i>Star Wars</i> universe, revealed that the working title for the film was <i>Shadow of the Empire</i> "for the longest time".<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (soundtrack)"><i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> (soundtrack)</a></div> <p>In July 2013, <a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a> was confirmed to return to compose the sequel trilogy, beginning with <i>The Force Awakens</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began working on the film in December 2014, and by June 2015 had been through most of the film reels, working on a daily basis.<sup id="cite_ref-AFM_202-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFM-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-variety.com_203-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety.com-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2015, Williams said he would return to themes from the previous films, such as those for Luke, Leia, and Han, in ways that "there are a few that I think are important and will seem very much a part of the fabric of the piece in a positive and constructive way." He said that working with Abrams was similar to the process he went through with Lucas in the earlier films.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_204-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recording sessions for <i>The Force Awakens</i> began in June 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Studios" title="Sony Pictures Studios">Sony Pictures Studios</a>' Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage in <a href="/wiki/Culver_City,_California" title="Culver City, California">Culver City</a>, with <a href="/wiki/William_Ross_(composer)" title="William Ross (composer)">William Ross</a> conducting most of the music.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first day of recording was June 1, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams attended the sessions and conducted the remainder of the recordings in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The score was recorded in 12 sessions within a five-month period between June and mid-November. The 90-piece orchestra recorded 175 minutes of music; however, Abrams reedited the film, which discarded, modified, or rerecorded the score's part for nearly an hour. Williams' theme for Snoke was recorded by a 24-voice men's chorus.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Dudamel" title="Gustavo Dudamel">Gustavo Dudamel</a> conducted the opening and end title music for the film at Williams' behest.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recording of the score was completed on November 14, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film's soundtrack was released by <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Records" title="Walt Disney Records">Walt Disney Records</a> on December 18, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams' score is more than two hours long.<sup id="cite_ref-variety.com_203-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety.com-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> and Abrams contributed music to the film's cantina scene. Abrams met Miranda at a performance of his Broadway musical <i><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a></i>, where Miranda jokingly offered to compose cantina music, should it be needed. Unknown to Miranda, Williams had previously told Abrams that he did not want to compose the music for that scene, wanting to focus on the orchestral score. Abrams then contacted Miranda, and the two collaborated on the music for the scene over a period of two months.<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marketing">Marketing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Marketing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promotion">Promotion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Promotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Disney backed <i>The Force Awakens</i> with extensive marketing campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood" title="Deadline Hollywood">Deadline Hollywood</a></i> estimated the media value was $175 million;<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its costs alongside home media revenues had later risen to $423 million by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 28, 2014, Lucasfilm released an 88-second <a href="/wiki/Teaser_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Teaser campaign">teaser trailer</a>. It was screened in selected cinemas across the United States and Canada and in theaters worldwide in December 2014. It was also released on YouTube and the <a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TraileriTunes_217-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TraileriTunes-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> generating 58.2 million views on YouTube in its first week.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics compared the brief footage favorably to the production values of the original trilogy. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> called the trailer "perfectly potent nostalgia", praising its mix of old and new.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter_281114_219-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter_281114-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(magazine)" title="Empire (magazine)">Empire</a></i> was impressed by the continuity with the first films—"the <i>feel</i> of classic <i>Star Wars</i>"—but noted the absence of Hamill, Ford, and Fisher and speculated about the significance of the new characters.<sup id="cite_ref-empire_281114_220-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire_281114-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> wrote that the use of the <i>Star Wars</i> fanfare by John Williams reinforced <a href="/wiki/Brand_loyalty" title="Brand loyalty">brand loyalty</a> among fans.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_011214_221-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian_011214-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_wars_force_awakens_film_promotion_nuremberg_2015.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Star_wars_force_awakens_film_promotion_nuremberg_2015.JPG/220px-Star_wars_force_awakens_film_promotion_nuremberg_2015.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Star_wars_force_awakens_film_promotion_nuremberg_2015.JPG/330px-Star_wars_force_awakens_film_promotion_nuremberg_2015.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Star_wars_force_awakens_film_promotion_nuremberg_2015.JPG/440px-Star_wars_force_awakens_film_promotion_nuremberg_2015.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2160" /></a><figcaption>Large-scale outdoor advertising for <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> in the city center of Nuremberg, Germany</figcaption></figure> <p>On December 11, 2014, Abrams and Kennedy released a series of eight mock <a href="/wiki/Topps" title="Topps">Topps</a> <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_trading_card" title="Star Wars trading card">trading cards</a> revealing the names of several characters.<sup id="cite_ref-CharacterNames_222-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CharacterNames-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 16, 2015, a second teaser trailer, this one lasting two minutes, was shown at the opening panel at the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Celebration" title="Star Wars Celebration"><i>Star Wars</i> Celebration</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anaheim,_California" title="Anaheim, California">Anaheim, California</a>. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said the reaction to the trailer was "staggering [...] the entire room of almost eight thousand people just leapt to their feet and roared, I mean I can't think of anything I've ever been to—other than a rock concert—that felt quite like that".<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trailer was viewed over 88<span class="nowrap"> </span>million times within the first 24 hours of release.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trailer shows many of the new characters and the first footage of Chewbacca and Han Solo. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Graham Milne wrote that the trailer "was an affirmation of something that we'd long been told was never going to happen. This was a gift. This was faith rewarded. About damn time."<sup id="cite_ref-The_Huffington_Post_225-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Huffington_Post-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i> was the first magazine to release an exclusive cover issue devoted to <i>The Force Awakens</i>. The magazine, released on May 7, 2015, featured exclusive interviews and photos of the cast photographed by <a href="/wiki/Annie_Leibovitz" title="Annie Leibovitz">Annie Leibovitz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VanityFair_226-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VanityFair-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 2015 <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a>, in addition to a panel with many of the actors, a behind-the-scenes look at the film demonstrated the film's use of practical sets and effects. It was positively received, with Nigel M. Smith of <i>The Guardian</i> writing: "The featurette's angle is a strong one and connects with fans of the original trilogy in an incredibly poignant way. It also does a sly job of teasing Fisher's new look as Leia and Simon Pegg's mysterious involvement as a rumored alien in the movie, without actually showing the actors in action." Smith compared the marketing strategy for the film to that of a previous Abrams film, <i><a href="/wiki/Super_8_(2011_film)" title="Super 8 (2011 film)">Super 8</a></i>, saying "the promos [...] are notable for what they tease, not what they give away."<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Walt Disney Studios and Lucasfilm presented a look at <i>The Force Awakens</i> at Disney's <a href="/wiki/D23_(Disney)" title="D23 (Disney)">D23 Expo</a> in August 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Struzan" title="Drew Struzan">Drew Struzan</a>—who designed the poster artwork for the previous <i>Star Wars</i> films—produced a commemorative poster given to the event's attendees.<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2015, Lucasfilm unveiled the theatrical release poster and a third trailer. The poster omitted Luke Skywalker and revealed a Death Star-like "orb".<sup id="cite_ref-verge10202015_230-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge10202015-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trailer debuted during the halftime break of <i><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a></i>, before being released online.<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reaction to the trailer by fans on social media was "frenzied", with Lizo Mzimba of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> writing that "perhaps the most significant thing about the final trailer before the film's release is how little of the story it reveals."<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robbie Collin of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> felt the trailer was "a perfect blend of old and new, in keeping with the old-fashioned <i>Star Wars</i> aesthetic".<sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trailer received 128<span class="nowrap"> </span>million views in 24 hours. 16 million of the views came from its airing on <i>Monday Night Football</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of October, <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a> announced a "Flight and Cinema" package, providing customers who book select flights to Paris transportation to a theater to see the film, since France was one of the first countries to release the film.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 23, a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> was announced, in which Google users could choose to affiliate themselves with either the Dark or Light Side, which would change the appearance of their Google websites. Additionally, Disney teamed up with <a href="/wiki/Verizon_Wireless" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Wireless">Verizon</a> to create a virtual-reality experience for <a href="/wiki/Google_Cardboard" title="Google Cardboard">Google Cardboard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 17, 2015, select theaters across the United States and Canada aired a <i>Star Wars</i> marathon, airing the six previous <i>Star Wars</i> episode films in 2D, followed by <i>The Force Awakens</i> in <a href="/wiki/3D_film" title="3D film">3D</a>. Attendees received a special lanyard featuring exclusive marathon art.<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tie-in_literature_and_merchandise">Tie-in literature and merchandise</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tie-in literature and merchandise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Disney_Publishing_Worldwide" title="Disney Publishing Worldwide">Disney Publishing Worldwide</a> and Lucasfilm announced a series of at least 20 books and comics, "<a href="/wiki/Journey_to_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" class="mw-redirect" title="Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Journey to <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i></a>", which were released by multiple publishers starting in late 2015, prior to the film's premiere. The series includes books by Del Rey and Disney-Lucasfilm publishers and comic books from <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>. All titles under the program are canonical to the <i>Star Wars</i> universe.<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Dean_Foster" title="Alan Dean Foster">Alan Dean Foster</a> wrote <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(novel)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)">a novelization</a> of <i>The Force Awakens</i> which was released in e-book form on December 18.<sup id="cite_ref-jtrac_239-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jtrac-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an effort to avoid revealing plot details before the film's release, the print release of the novelization was delayed until January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-jtrac_239-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jtrac-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marvel Comics published a six-issue comic book adaptation of <i>The Force Awakens</i> between June and November 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Disney_Consumer_Products" title="Disney Consumer Products">Disney Consumer Products</a> and Lucasfilm announced that September 4, 2015 would be deemed "Force Friday" and would be the official launch of all the merchandise for <i>The Force Awakens</i>. Beginning at 12:01 am, fans could buy toys, books, clothing and various other products at <a href="/wiki/Disney_Store" title="Disney Store">Disney Stores</a> and other retailers throughout the world.<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Disney and <a href="/wiki/Maker_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Maker Studios">Maker Studios</a> hosted an 18-hour <a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">live-streaming</a> presentation on YouTube, showcasing multiple merchandise products beginning on September 3, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among these products were a remote-controlled BB-8 developed by <a href="/wiki/Sphero" title="Sphero">Sphero</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fortune_BB-8_190-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fortune_BB-8-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sphero had participated in a Disney-run startup accelerator in July 2014, where they were invited into a private meeting with Disney CEO Bob Iger, in which they were shown on-set photos and imagery of BB-8 before its public unveiling.<sup id="cite_ref-wired-bb8_244-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-bb8-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thenational-bb8_245-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenational-bb8-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many retailers, such as <a href="/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us" title="Toys "R" Us">Toys "R" Us</a>, were unable to meet demand for <i>Star Wars</i> products due to the event.<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Select characters, scenes and locations from the film became part of other <i>Star Wars</i> video games: Characters from the film were added to an update to the <a href="/wiki/Mobile_game" title="Mobile game">mobile game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Galaxy_of_Heroes" title="Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes">Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes</a></i>, available for <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> and released by <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> free <a href="/wiki/Downloadable_content" title="Downloadable content">downloadable content</a> for Electronic Arts' <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Battlefront_(2015_video_game)" title="Star Wars Battlefront (2015 video game)">Star Wars Battlefront</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Reboot_(fiction)" title="Reboot (fiction)">reboot</a> allowed players to battle on the planet Jakku;<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an update to the mobile game <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Commander" title="Star Wars Commander">Star Wars Commander</a></i>, released by <a href="/wiki/Disney_Mobile" title="Disney Mobile">Disney Mobile</a> for iOS, Android and the <a href="/wiki/Windows_Store" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Store">Windows Store</a>, allowed players to battle on the planet Takodana during the Galactic Civil War era;<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a condensed version of the film's plot becomes an add-on "playset" in the <a href="/wiki/Toys-to-life" title="Toys-to-life">toys-to-life</a> game <i><a href="/wiki/Disney_Infinity_3.0" title="Disney Infinity 3.0">Disney Infinity 3.0</a></i>, with Finn, Rey, Poe Dameron, and Kylo Ren as playable characters.<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, the film got a full <a href="/wiki/Lego" title="Lego">Lego</a> video game adaptation, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i>, which was released by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Interactive_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment">Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment</a> on June 28, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatrical">Theatrical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Theatrical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Force_Awakens_premiere.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/The_Force_Awakens_premiere.jpg/220px-The_Force_Awakens_premiere.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/The_Force_Awakens_premiere.jpg/330px-The_Force_Awakens_premiere.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/The_Force_Awakens_premiere.jpg/440px-The_Force_Awakens_premiere.jpg 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>The premiere tent, with the film's poster above</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> premiered on December 14, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/TCL_Chinese_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="TCL Chinese Theatre">TCL Chinese Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Capitan_Theatre" title="El Capitan Theatre">El Capitan Theatre</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dolby_Theatre" title="Dolby Theatre">Dolby Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood, Los Angeles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-premiere_252-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premiere-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A white tent stretched along <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Boulevard" title="Hollywood Boulevard">Hollywood Boulevard</a> from Orange Drive to <a href="/wiki/Highland_Avenue_(Los_Angeles)" title="Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)">Highland Avenue</a>, covering the "massive" premiere event that hosted more than five thousand guests.<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was originally scheduled for a mid-2015 release, but in November 2013, it was pushed back to December 18, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-254" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also released in 3D, <a href="/wiki/RealD_3D" title="RealD 3D">RealD 3D</a> and <a href="/wiki/IMAX_3D" class="mw-redirect" title="IMAX 3D">IMAX 3D</a> formats.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States and Canada, it had the widest release of December across 4,134 theaters,<sup id="cite_ref-WideRelease_256-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WideRelease-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which 3,300 were 3D locations, a record 392 IMAX screens (13 of which were <a href="/wiki/70_mm_film" title="70 mm film">70mm</a>), 451 premium large format screens, 146 <a href="/wiki/D-Box_Technologies" title="D-Box Technologies">D-Box</a> locations,<sup id="cite_ref-theforce1_257-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theforce1-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theforce2_258-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theforce2-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as releasing in the <a href="/wiki/HDR10" title="HDR10">Dolby Vision</a> format (<a href="/wiki/High-dynamic-range_rendering" title="High-dynamic-range rendering">high-dynamic range</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rec._2020" title="Rec. 2020">Rec. 2020</a> color) in <a href="/wiki/Dolby_Cinema" title="Dolby Cinema">Dolby Cinema</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Worldwide, it was released across 940 IMAX theaters, a new record.<sup id="cite_ref-theforce2_258-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theforce2-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 18, 2015, the film began playing on every IMAX screen in the United States and Canada for four straight weeks up to January 14, 2016. This made it the first film since <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a>' <a href="/wiki/The_Hobbit_(film_series)" title="The Hobbit (film series)"><i>The Hobbit</i> trilogy</a> to receive such a release.<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film finally shed some of its IMAX screens with the release of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Revenant_(2015_film)" title="The Revenant (2015 film)">The Revenant</a></i> (2015) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Finest_Hours_(2016_film)" title="The Finest Hours (2016 film)">The Finest Hours</a></i> (2016) in mid-January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Advance ticket sales for the film began on October 19, 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were in strong demand, resulting in online movie ticket sites crashing.<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vue_Cinemas" class="mw-redirect" title="Vue Cinemas">Vue Cinemas</a>, the United Kingdom's third-largest theater chain, sold 45,000 tickets in 24 hours, 10,000 of which were sold in 90 minutes, a record for the theater.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States, the film pre-sold a record-breaking $6.5 million worth of IMAX ticket sales on a single day. IMAX has never previously registered more than $1 million in pre-sales on a single day.<sup id="cite_ref-IMAXsales_266-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMAXsales-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, it sold over $50 million in pre-sales, breaking the record.<sup id="cite_ref-THG_267-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THG-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THRproj_268-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THRproj-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This number was raised to $100 million including $50–60 million in advance ticket sales by December 14.<sup id="cite_ref-THRproj_268-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THRproj-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Deadproj_269-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deadproj-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, not all tickets that were pre-sold were for the film's opening weekend, with <a href="/wiki/Fandango_(ticket_service)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fandango (ticket service)">Fandango</a> President Paul Yanover saying "people have set aside tickets for screenings in January, weeks after the big opening [...] We have people buying <i>Star Wars</i> [<i>The Force Awakens</i>] into 2016. It's not just an opening-weekend phenomenon."<sup id="cite_ref-THG_267-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THG-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the film broke pre-sales records in the UK,<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Force Awakens</i> is the first live-action <i>Star Wars</i> film not to be released theatrically by <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a>; accordingly the film is not introduced with either that company's logo, or its signature fanfare composed by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Newman_(composer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Newman (composer)">Alfred Newman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, the film is the first in the series to be distributed by <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures">Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the film is presented with only Lucasfilm's <a href="/wiki/Production_logo" title="Production logo">production logo</a> shown silently before the main titles.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Disney chairman Bob Iger explained that the decision not to place Disney branding on the film was "for the fans".<sup id="cite_ref-screencrush-iger_275-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-screencrush-iger-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A poster from <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a> was criticized for being racist due to shrinking the size of the <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">Black</a> character Finn compared to non-Chinese posters.<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-278" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_media">Home media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_Home_Entertainment" title="Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment">Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment</a> released <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> through <a href="/wiki/Digital_distribution" title="Digital distribution">digital download</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disney_Movies_Anywhere" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney Movies Anywhere">Disney Movies Anywhere</a> on April 1, 2016, and on <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> and <a href="/wiki/DVD-Video" title="DVD-Video">DVD</a> on April 5. Physical copies include behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, interviews,<sup id="cite_ref-HomeMediaRelease1_279-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HomeMediaRelease1-279"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and additional footage with eight bonus features.<sup id="cite_ref-HomeMediaRelease2_280-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HomeMediaRelease2-280"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its first week, <i>The Force Awakens</i> sold 669,318 DVDs and 3.4<span class="nowrap"> </span>million Blu-rays as the most sold film on both formats in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-TheNumbers_281-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheNumbers-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same week, <i>The Force Awakens</i> topped the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_VideoScan" title="Nielsen VideoScan">Nielsen VideoScan</a> First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, as well as the dedicated Blu-ray sales chart with 83% of unit sales coming from Blu-ray.<sup id="cite_ref-NielsenVideoScan_282-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NielsenVideoScan-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, <i>The Force Awakens</i> sold 2.1<span class="nowrap"> </span>million DVDs and 5.9<span class="nowrap"> </span>million Blu-rays, adding them up to get a total of 8<span class="nowrap"> </span>million copies, and made $191<span class="nowrap"> </span>million through home media releases.<sup id="cite_ref-TheNumbers_281-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheNumbers-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Blu-ray 3D "collector's edition" of the film was released on November 15, including all the features of the original home releases, as well as several new bonus features, including new deleted scenes and audio commentary by director <a href="/wiki/J._J._Abrams" title="J. J. Abrams">J. J. Abrams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3DBluRayCollectorsEdition_283-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3DBluRayCollectorsEdition-283"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The package includes a Blu-ray 3D, regular Blu-ray, DVD, and <a href="/wiki/Digital_copy" title="Digital copy">digital copy</a> of the film, as well as an additional Blu-ray disc for the bonus features.<sup id="cite_ref-3DBluRayCollectorsEdition_283-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3DBluRayCollectorsEdition-283"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The movie was rereleased on DVD in 2019 as part of the 9-disc "Skywalker Saga" boxed set. It received a <a href="/wiki/4K_Ultra_HD_Blu-ray" class="mw-redirect" title="4K Ultra HD Blu-ray">4K Ultra HD Blu-ray</a> release on March 31, 2020. This 4K release was then included in the 27-disc Skywalker Saga box set on April 20, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-SkywalkerSagaBoxSet_284-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SkywalkerSagaBoxSet-284"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broadcast_syndication">Broadcast syndication</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Broadcast syndication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The premium cable network <a href="/wiki/Starz" title="Starz">Starz</a> had U.S. <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">broadcast syndication</a> rights for <i>The Force Awakens</i> in January 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-285" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-285"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> just before the end of Starz's output deal covering most Disney films through 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-286" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-286"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That September, <i>The Force Awakens</i> began broadcasting on all Starz networks.<sup id="cite_ref-287" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_box_office_records_set_by_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="List of box office records set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens">List of box office records set by <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i></a></div> <p><i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> grossed $936.7<span class="nowrap"> </span>million in the United States and Canada and $1.132<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion in other countries for a worldwide total of $2.068<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion,<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the <a href="/wiki/2015_in_film#Highest-grossing_films" title="2015 in film">highest-grossing film of 2015</a><sup id="cite_ref-Top2015Films_288-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top2015Films-288"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films" title="List of highest-grossing films">third highest-grossing film of all time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-289" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-289"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Box_Office_Mojo" title="Box Office Mojo">Box Office Mojo</a> estimates that the film sold close to 110<span class="nowrap"> </span>million tickets in the United States and Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-290" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-290"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Force Awakens</i> earned 8.6% of the total 2015 releases in the United States and Canada, second only to the 8.8% of the box office earned by <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-291" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the 24th film in cinematic history to gross $1 billion worldwide, standing as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_fastest-grossing_films" title="List of fastest-grossing films">fastest film</a> to surpass the mark at the time, doing so in 12 days.<sup id="cite_ref-fastest-to-1b_292-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastest-to-1b-292"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also the third film in history to surpass $2 billion worldwide, doing so on its 53rd day of release.<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Deadline Hollywood</i> calculated the film's net profit as $780.1 million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs; box office grosses and home media revenues placed it first on their list of 2015's "Most Valuable Blockbusters".<sup id="cite_ref-DeadlineProfitAnalysisFinal_170-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeadlineProfitAnalysisFinal-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commercial_analysis">Commercial analysis</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Commercial analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Analysts said that the box office receipts of the film, when compared to predecessors, must be adjusted for inflation, and that the first <i>Star Wars</i> film made more when this adjustment is made.<sup id="cite_ref-Stock_294-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stock-294"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has further been observed that each of the first three films in the series was more profitable in calculating revenue against production costs.<sup id="cite_ref-Stock_294-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stock-294"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While <i>The Force Awakens</i> was very successful in the United States and Canada, the same success was not witnessed in many overseas individual markets such as India, other certain parts of Asia and Latin America. This was attributed to it being "a retro film" and how overseas audiences do not have the same nostalgia or affinity for the film as those in North America.<sup id="cite_ref-McClintock_295-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McClintock-295"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eggertse_296-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggertse-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tartaglione_297-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tartaglione-297"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Star Wars</i> franchise has traditionally lacked resonance with filmgoers in China, and marketing for <i>The Force Awakens</i> heavily focused on appealing to that market.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggertse_296-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggertse-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tartaglione2_298-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tartaglione2-298"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nancy Tartaglione of <i>Deadline Hollywood</i> argued that, if accounting for its 40/60 domestic to international split, <i>The Force Awakens</i> did well overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-Tartaglione_297-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tartaglione-297"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the film had special effects, analysts felt that it lacked the novelty factor; they also stated that its gross was stilted due to markets making way for new films sooner than was previously done.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggertse_296-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggertse-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dergarabedian stated, "No matter what, [<i>The Force Awakens</i>] is an absolute, all-out blockbuster without peer in terms of the sheer speed at which it has crossed all of these major box-office milestones."<sup id="cite_ref-McClintock_295-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McClintock-295"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover, Mike Fleming Jr. of <i>Deadline Hollywood</i> argued that the movie was the "most valuable movie" of the year, with "the net profit to Disney was an astounding $780.11M, and the Cash on Cash Return was twice that of any other film [released in 2016], at 2.00".<sup id="cite_ref-Deadline_profit_299-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deadline_profit-299"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States_and_Canada">United States and Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: United States and Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States and Canada, <i>The Force Awakens</i> was released on December 18, 2015. It made a record-breaking $57 million from Thursday night previews,<sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which IMAX screenings generated a record-breaking $5.7 million from 391 screens.<sup id="cite_ref-force3_304-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-force3-304"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On its opening day, the film grossed $119.1 million, marking the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_openings_for_films#Biggest_opening_day_in_U.S._and_Canada" title="List of highest-grossing openings for films">biggest single- and opening-day</a> record<sup id="cite_ref-Records_305-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Records-305"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the first time a film has earned more than $100 million in a single day.<sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Without Thursday-night grosses, the film earned the second-largest opening-day gross<sup id="cite_ref-SM_307-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SM-307"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a record of $247.9 million for its opening weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-TheNumbers_281-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheNumbers-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The debut was 19% bigger than the previous record holders <i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(2012_film)" title="The Avengers (2012 film)">The Avengers</a></i> (2012) ($207 million) and <i><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_World" title="Jurassic World">Jurassic World</a></i> (2015) ($208 million).<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening weekend figure included an IMAX opening-weekend record of $30.1 million (12.65%) from 391 IMAX theaters,<sup id="cite_ref-USopen_309-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USopen-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IMAXdead_310-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMAXdead-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which nearly amounts to the $252.5 million total earned by <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i>—the second-lowest-grossing film in the series—in its original run.<sup id="cite_ref-311" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-311"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2D screenings accounted for 53% of the total opening gross while 3D accounted for 47%. <a href="/wiki/RealD_3D" title="RealD 3D">RealD 3D</a> comprised $78 million of the opening gross, setting a new record.<sup id="cite_ref-USopen_309-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USopen-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, the film had the biggest December opening weekend, breaking the previous record held by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hobbit:_An_Unexpected_Journey" title="The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</a></i> (2012).<sup id="cite_ref-312" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-312"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It would hold this record until it was surpassed by <i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man:_No_Way_Home" title="Spider-Man: No Way Home">Spider-Man: No Way Home</a></i> (2021) six years later.<sup id="cite_ref-313" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Revenues in the film's second weekend decreased by only 39.8% in the United States and Canada, earning $149.2 million, to remain in first place at the box office<sup id="cite_ref-BOM2_314-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM2-314"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and recording the biggest second weekend of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 2, after just 16 days of release, it became the second film (following <i>Avatar</i>) to gross over $700 million in the United States and Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-316" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-316"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on January 6 became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada">highest-grossing film of all time domestically</a>, doing so in 20 days.<sup id="cite_ref-317" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-317"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 9, it became the first film in cinematic history to cross $800 million domestically unadjusted for inflation.<sup id="cite_ref-IMAXfast_318-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMAXfast-318"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 5, <i>The Force Awakens</i> became the first film to earn over $900 million, unadjusted for inflation, in the United States and Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-320" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-320"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film fell outside of the top ten for the first time in its eleventh weekend during the weekend February 26–28, 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-321" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-321"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-322" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-322"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and did not achieve $1 million in ticket sales for the first time in its fourteenth weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_territories">Other territories</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Other territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Internationally, the film was released in over 30,000 screens.<sup id="cite_ref-Intldead_324-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intldead-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It opened on December 16, 2015, in 12 international markets and earned $14.1 million on its opening day, debuting at first place in all of them.<sup id="cite_ref-force_325-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-force-325"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It expanded in an additional 42 countries on December 17, generating $58.6 million for a two-day international total of $72.7 million, reaching first place in all 44 markets.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline_326-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline-326"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It grossed a total of $129.5 million in three days after adding $56.8 million on its third day,<sup id="cite_ref-deadline_326-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline-326"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and set a new midnight record in the United Kingdom with $3.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-force2_327-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-force2-327"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It broke opening-day records in the United Kingdom ($14.4 million), Germany ($7.1 million), Australia ($6.8 million),<sup id="cite_ref-force3_304-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-force3-304"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sweden ($1.7 million), Norway ($1.1 million),<sup id="cite_ref-force_325-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-force-325"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 12 other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-force2_327-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-force2-327"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other markets which generated large opening days were Spain ($3.5 million) and Japan ($3 million).<sup id="cite_ref-deadline_326-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline-326"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the five days, <i>The Force Awakens</i> had a total international opening gross of $281 million from 30,000 screens, a new record for December opening<sup id="cite_ref-Intldead_324-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intldead-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TGIF_328-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TGIF-328"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the third-biggest international opening of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-329" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-329"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> International markets generating opening-weekend tallies of at least $10 million were the United Kingdom ($50.6 million), Germany ($27.5 million), France ($22.5 million), Australia ($19.6 million), Japan ($13.4 million), and Russia ($12.3 million). The film had the biggest opening of all time in 18 countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Russia, and Sweden.<sup id="cite_ref-Intldead_324-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intldead-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Overseas21stOpening_330-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Overseas21stOpening-330"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After five days, the film had a total worldwide opening record of $529 million from 74 territories, which was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_openings_for_films#Biggest_worldwide_openings_on_record" title="List of highest-grossing openings for films">biggest worldwide opening</a> at that time, making it only the second time in cinematic history—after <i>Jurassic World</i>—that a film had opened to more than $500 million globally.<sup id="cite_ref-TGIF_328-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TGIF-328"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ttt_331-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ttt-331"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This included an IMAX opening record of $48 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Ttt_331-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ttt-331"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Revenues from IMAX dipped slightly, generating $19 million in its second weekend, for a record total of over $70 million in 11 days.<sup id="cite_ref-Deadline2_332-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deadline2-332"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IMAX generated $17.9 million from 276 IMAX theaters.<sup id="cite_ref-IMAXdead_310-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMAXdead-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film had a steeper decline in its second weekend, falling 51% to $136.9 million.<sup id="cite_ref-SW2_333-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SW2-333"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film had an unsuccessful opening in India where it opened third against two local blockbusters with a mere $1.51 million.<sup id="cite_ref-334" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-334"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of February 2016, the highest-grossing markets outside of the United States and Canada were the United Kingdom ($180.7 million), China ($124.5 million), Germany ($109.7 million), Japan ($92.6 million), and France ($88.2 million).<sup id="cite_ref-Overseas8thOpening_335-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Overseas8thOpening-335"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 17, 2016, it passed the $1 billion mark overseas becoming the first film of Disney, the third film of 2015 and the fifth film overall to achieve this feat.<sup id="cite_ref-Overseas3rdOpening_336-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Overseas3rdOpening-336"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It topped the international box office chart for five consecutive weekends, becoming the first film since <i><a href="/wiki/Avengers:_Age_of_Ultron" title="Avengers: Age of Ultron">Avengers: Age of Ultron</a></i> (2015) to have five straight wins, before being dethroned by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Revenant_(2015_film)" title="The Revenant (2015 film)">The Revenant</a></i> in its sixth weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-Overseas4thOpening_337-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Overseas4thOpening-337"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Japan, it topped the box office for six straight weekends.<sup id="cite_ref-Overseas4thOpening_337-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Overseas4thOpening-337"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics.<sup id="cite_ref-ReceptionBundle_338-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReceptionBundle-338"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 453 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's consensus reads, "Packed with action and populated by both familiar faces and fresh blood, <i>The Force Awakens</i> successfully recalls the series' former glory while injecting it with renewed energy".<sup id="cite_ref-rt_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, which uses a <a href="/wiki/Weighted_arithmetic_mean" title="Weighted arithmetic mean">weighted average</a>, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 55 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-Metacritic_339-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metacritic-339"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Audiences polled by <a href="/wiki/CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale; women, and people under the ages of 25 and 18 gave it an "A+", while 98% of audiences gave it either an "A" or a "B". Audiences polled by <a href="/wiki/PostTrak" title="PostTrak">PostTrak</a> gave the film an 88% "definite recommend" while 96% said it met or exceeded their expectations.<sup id="cite_ref-CinemaScore_340-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CinemaScore-340"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Collin" title="Robbie Collin">Robbie Collin</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> said the film "sets out to shake <i>Star Wars</i> from its slumber, and reconnect the series with its much-pined-for past", and "it achieves this both immediately and joyously is perhaps the single greatest relief of the movie-going year."<sup id="cite_ref-341" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-341"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bradshaw" title="Peter Bradshaw">Peter Bradshaw</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> said that it was "both a narrative progression from the earlier three films and a shrewdly affectionate next-gen reboot", and it was "ridiculous and melodramatic and sentimental, but exciting and brimming with energy and its own kind of generosity."<sup id="cite_ref-342" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-342"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)"><i>Variety</i></a>'s Justin Chang wrote that the film has "sufficient style, momentum, love, and care to prove irresistible to any who have ever considered themselves fans."<sup id="cite_ref-Justin_Chang_343-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Justin_Chang-343"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Roeper" title="Richard Roeper">Richard Roeper</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i> described it as "a beautiful, thrilling, joyous, surprising, and heart-thumping adventure".<sup id="cite_ref-Chicago_Sun-TimesR_344-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chicago_Sun-TimesR-344"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ann Hornaday, writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, thought the film had "enough novelty to create yet another cohort of die-hard fans", and the film struck "all the right chords, emotional, and narrative, to feel both familiar and exhilaratingly new."<sup id="cite_ref-W._Post:_Hornaday_345-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W._Post:_Hornaday-345"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>343<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Charlotte_Observer" title="The Charlotte Observer">The Charlotte Observer</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Lawrence Toppman said Abrams had "pulled off a delicate balancing act, paying clever homage to the past."<sup id="cite_ref-346" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-346"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mick_LaSalle" title="Mick LaSalle">Mick LaSalle</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> gave the film his highest rating and called it "the best <i>Star Wars</i> sequel yet and one of the best films of 2015".<sup id="cite_ref-347" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-347"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frank Pallotta, reviewing the film for <a href="/wiki/CNN_Business" title="CNN Business">CNN Business</a>, found it was the best <i>Star Wars</i> film since the original trilogy and that it "is bound to be a film experience long remembered by fans and non-fans alike".<sup id="cite_ref-CNNreview_348-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNreview-348"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>346<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tom Long of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Detroit_News" title="The Detroit News">The Detroit News</a></i> wrote that though some may find the film too similar to the original <i>Star Wars</i>, it leaves "the ungainly and unneeded clumsiness of the subsequent prequels far behind", and "the energy, humor, and simplicity of direction [has] been recaptured".<sup id="cite_ref-349" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-349"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>347<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Tribune-Star" title="Tribune-Star">Tribune-Star</a> called it "basically the same" as the original film but "isn't that what we all wanted anyway?"<sup id="cite_ref-350" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-350"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>348<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Zacharek" title="Stephanie Zacharek">Stephanie Zacharek</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> wrote that Abrams had delivered "everything we expect, as opposed to those nebulous wonders we didn't know we wanted".<sup id="cite_ref-351" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-351"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>349<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reviewing for <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i>, Scott Mendelson cited the film's "top-tier production values and a strong sense of scale and scope", but felt it was so much "an exercise in fan service [that] it is only due to the charisma and talent of our newbies and J. J. Abrams' undeniable skill as a visual storyteller that the <a href="/wiki/Mad_Libs" title="Mad Libs">Mad Libs</a> narrative doesn't outright destroy the picture."<sup id="cite_ref-352" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-352"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>350<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Merchant" title="Brian Merchant">Brian Merchant</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Motherboard_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Motherboard (website)">Motherboard</a></i> said that the film "is supposed to be all about exploring the unexplored, not rehashing the well-trod", and that "one of the most unabashedly creative enterprises of the 20th century has been rendered another largely enjoyable, but mostly forgettable Hollywood reboot."<sup id="cite_ref-353" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-353"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>351<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/RogerEbert.com" title="RogerEbert.com">RogerEbert.com</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Gerardo Valero said the movie "plagiarized" <i>A New Hope</i> and resorted to nostalgia. He felt that it "didn't [justify] a return to the universe" from not having an original story of its own to tell in the plot, characters, and musical score, negatively comparing it to George Lucas' prequel trilogy, and that some of its climactic moments felt unearned.<sup id="cite_ref-354" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-354"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>352<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="From_Star_Wars_filmmakers">From <i>Star Wars</i> filmmakers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: From Star Wars filmmakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an interview with journalist <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rose" title="Charlie Rose">Charlie Rose</a> that aired on December 24, 2015, Lucas likened his decision to sell Lucasfilm to Disney to a "divorce" and outlined the creative differences between him and the producers of <i>The Force Awakens</i>. Lucas described the previous <i>Star Wars</i> films as his "children" and criticized the "retro feel" of <i>The Force Awakens</i>, saying: "I worked very hard to make [my films] completely different, with different planets, with different spaceships—you know, to make it new." Lucas also likened Disney to "white slavers", which drew some criticism; he subsequently apologized.<sup id="cite_ref-355" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-355"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>353<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-356" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-356"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>354<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2019 memoir, Disney chairman <a href="/wiki/Bob_Iger" title="Bob Iger">Bob Iger</a> said that George Lucas "couldn't even hide his disappointment" towards J. J. Abrams' interpretation. According to Iger, Lucas said, "there's nothing new" after seeing the film, and that "there weren't enough visual or technical leaps forward".<sup id="cite_ref-357" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-357"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>355<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-358" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-358"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lucas preferred <a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a>'s sequel <i>The Last Jedi</i> and the anthology film <i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_One" title="Rogue One">Rogue One</a></i> (2016).<sup id="cite_ref-359" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-359"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>357<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-360" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-360"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>358<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="List of accolades received by Star Wars: The Force Awakens">List of accolades received by <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i></a></div> <p>Several awards held their nominations before the December release of <i>The Force Awakens</i>, making the film ineligible for the <a href="/wiki/73rd_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="73rd Golden Globe Awards">73rd Golden Globe Awards</a> and some other awards ceremonies.<sup id="cite_ref-lateawards_361-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lateawards-361"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>359<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the film was added to the <a href="/wiki/21st_Critics%27_Choice_Awards" title="21st Critics' Choice Awards">21st Critics' Choice Awards</a>' slate of best picture nominees after a special vote by the board of directors,<sup id="cite_ref-cca15_362-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cca15-362"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>360<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the announcement of the <a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute_Awards_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="American Film Institute Awards 2015">2015 American Film Institute Awards</a> was delayed until after the release of <i>The Force Awakens</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-lateawards_361-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lateawards-361"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>359<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it was named one of the top-ten films of 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-363" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-363"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>361<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/88th_Academy_Awards" title="88th Academy Awards">88th Academy Awards</a>, <i>The Force Awakens</i> received nominations for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing" title="Academy Award for Best Film Editing">Best Film Editing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Editing" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Sound Editing">Best Sound Editing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Mixing" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing">Best Sound Mixing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Visual_Effects" title="Academy Award for Best Visual Effects">Best Visual Effects</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-364" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-364"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>362<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film's other nominations include four <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Awards</a> (winning one) and a <a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Critics' Choice Movie Award">Critics' Choice Movie Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-365" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-365"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>363<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-366" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-366"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>364<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fan_backlash">Fan backlash</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Fan 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You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The release of the first film trailer for <i>The Force Awakens</i> in 2015 spurred a racial <a href="/wiki/Backlash_(sociology)" title="Backlash (sociology)">backlash</a> against the casting of Boyega, a <a href="/wiki/Black_British" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">Black British</a> actor, in such a prominent role.<sup id="cite_ref-Quiroga_p126_367-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quiroga_p126-367"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>365<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some social media users called for a boycott of the film, which they accused of being "anti-white"<sup id="cite_ref-McMillan_2015_368-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McMillan_2015-368"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>366<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and of promoting "<a href="/wiki/White_genocide" class="mw-redirect" title="White genocide">white genocide</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Kempshall_p204_369-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kempshall_p204-369"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>367<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One such account promoted the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Marxism_conspiracy_theory" title="Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory">Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_2015_370-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis_2015-370"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>368<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The character of Rey was also criticized as a too-perfect "<a href="/wiki/Mary_Sue" title="Mary Sue">Mary Sue</a>" character by a group of fans who became known as the "Fandom Menace", who focused their ire at Lucasfilm president <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_(producer)" title="Kathleen Kennedy (producer)">Kathleen Kennedy</a>, whom they accused of spoiling the film franchise by including "forced diversity" and <a href="/wiki/Pro-feminist" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-feminist">pro-feminist</a> politics.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKempshall2023200–202_371-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKempshall2023200–202-371"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>369<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sequels">Sequels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sequels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi"><i>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"><i>Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</i></a></div> <p><i>The Force Awakens</i> was followed by the sequels <i>The Last Jedi</i> and <i>The Rise of Skywalker</i>, which conclude the sequel trilogy.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTTROS_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTTROS-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both grossed over $1<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion, ranking among the highest-grossing films of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-372" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-372"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>370<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-373" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-373"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>371<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Last Jedi</i> garnered positive reviews from critics while <i>The Rise of Skywalker</i> 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<i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (1983)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-303"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-303">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The $57 million figure incorporates revenues generated from the "<i>Star Wars</i> Marathon Event" from 135 theaters in which all previous six <i>Star Wars</i> films were shown along with <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i>. Ticket prices cost $59.99 for all the films (including <i>The Force Awakens</i>) at an average of $8.57 per movie.<sup id="cite_ref-300" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-300"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IWMovieMarathon_302-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWMovieMarathon-302"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BBFCRuntime-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BBFCRuntime_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/star-wars-the-force-awakens-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zotmyndc">"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"</a>. <a href="/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification" title="British Board of Film Classification">British Board of Film Classification</a>. 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Jedi</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">The Rise of Skywalker</a></i> (2019) <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Duel_of_the_Fates" title="Star Wars: Duel of the Fates">Duel of the Fates</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Resistance_Rises" title="Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises">The Resistance Rises</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Resistance" title="Star Wars Resistance">Resistance</a></i> (2018–2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_Ackbar" title="Admiral Ackbar">Admiral Ackbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BB-8" title="BB-8">BB-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-3PO" title="C-3PO">C-3PO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chewbacca" title="Chewbacca">Chewbacca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finn_(Star_Wars)" title="Finn (Star Wars)">Finn (FN-2187)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Leia" title="Princess Leia">General Leia Organa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Solo" title="Han Solo">Han Solo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lando_Calrissian" title="Lando Calrissian">Lando Calrissian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maz_Kanata" title="Maz Kanata">Maz Kanata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poe_Dameron" title="Poe Dameron">Poe Dameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R2-D2" title="R2-D2">R2-D2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Tico" title="Rose Tico">Rose Tico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral_Holdo" title="Vice-Admiral Holdo">Vice-Admiral Holdo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedge_Antilles" title="Wedge Antilles">Wedge Antilles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_Order_(Star_Wars)" title="First Order (Star Wars)">First Order</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Hux" title="General Hux">General Hux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Phasma" title="Captain Phasma">Captain Phasma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kylo_Ren" title="Kylo Ren">Supreme Leader Kylo Ren / Ben Solo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palpatine" title="Palpatine">Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_Snoke" title="Supreme Leader Snoke">Supreme Leader Snoke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jedi" title="Jedi">Jedi Order</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (soundtrack)">The Force Awakens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi (soundtrack)">The Last Jedi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (soundtrack)">The Rise of Skywalker</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novelizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(novel)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)">The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Battlefront_II_(2017_video_game)" title="Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)"><i>Battlefront II</i> DLCs</a> (2017–2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inspired media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Hypothesis" title="The Love Hypothesis">The Love Hypothesis</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robot_Chicken" title="Robot Chicken">Robot Chicken</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Robot_Chicken_season_11" title="Robot Chicken season 11">Season 11</a> (2021–2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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trilogy">Original trilogy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (1983)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_prequel_trilogy" title="Star Wars prequel trilogy">Prequel trilogy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace" title="Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace">The Phantom Menace</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Animated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)">The Clone Wars</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_One" title="Rogue One">Rogue One</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story" title="Solo: A Star Wars Story">Solo</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian_%26_Grogu" title="The Mandalorian & Grogu">The Mandalorian & Grogu</a></i> (2026)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special" title="Star Wars Holiday Special">Holiday Special</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caravan_of_Courage:_An_Ewok_Adventure" title="Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure">The Ewok Adventure</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ewoks:_The_Battle_for_Endor" title="Ewoks: The Battle for Endor">Ewoks: The Battle for Endor</a></i> (1985)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_television_series" title="List of Star Wars television series">Television series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Animated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Droids" title="Star Wars: Droids">Droids</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ewoks_(TV_series)" title="Ewoks (TV series)">Ewoks</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Clone_Wars_(2003_TV_series)" title="Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)">Clone Wars</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series)" title="Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)">The Clone Wars</a></i> (2008) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_episodes" title="List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Detours" title="Star Wars Detours">Detours</a></i> (unaired)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Rebels" title="Star Wars Rebels">Rebels</a></i> (2014) <ul><li><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Live-action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian" title="The Mandalorian">The Mandalorian</a></i> (2019) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian_season_1" title="The Mandalorian season 1">season 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian_season_2" title="The Mandalorian season 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian_season_3" title="The Mandalorian season 3">3</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Boba_Fett" title="The Book of Boba Fett">The Book of Boba Fett</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_(miniseries)" title="Obi-Wan Kenobi (miniseries)">Obi-Wan Kenobi</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Andor_(TV_series)" title="Andor (TV series)">Andor</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ahsoka_(TV_series)" title="Ahsoka (TV series)">Ahsoka</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_Legends_characters" title="List of Star Wars Legends characters">Legends</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Characters_of_the_Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_series" title="Characters of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series">Knights of the Old Republic</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Star_Wars" title="Music of Star Wars">Music and audio</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Audio dramas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Star_Wars" title="The Story of Star Wars">The Story of Star Wars</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_books" title="List of Star Wars books">Audio novels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(radio_series)" title="Star Wars (radio series)">Radio dramatizations of the films</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Compositions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(Main_Title)" title="Star Wars (Main Title)">Main Title</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Imperial_March" title="The Imperial March">The Imperial March</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi_(soundtrack)" title="Return of the Jedi (soundtrack)">Ewok Celebration</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Duel_of_the_Fates" title="Duel of the Fates">Duel of the Fates</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Theme/Cantina_Band" title="Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band">Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars (soundtrack)">Star Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back_(soundtrack)" title="The Empire Strikes Back (soundtrack)">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi_(soundtrack)" title="Return of the Jedi (soundtrack)">Return of the Jedi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ewoks_(soundtrack)" title="Ewoks (soundtrack)">Ewoks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (soundtrack)">The Phantom Menace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_II_%E2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (soundtrack)">Attack of the Clones</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_III_%E2%80%93_Revenge_of_the_Sith_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack)">Revenge of the Sith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(film)#Soundtrack" title="Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)">The Clone Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (soundtrack)">The Force Awakens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_One_(soundtrack)" title="Rogue One (soundtrack)">Rogue One</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi (soundtrack)">The Last Jedi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story_(soundtrack)" title="Solo: A Star Wars Story (soundtrack)">Solo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (soundtrack)">The Rise of Skywalker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_(soundtrack)" title="Obi-Wan Kenobi (soundtrack)">Obi-Wan Kenobi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Andor_(soundtrack)" title="Andor (soundtrack)">Andor</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_in_other_media" title="Star Wars in other media">Other media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_theme_parks_attractions" title="List of Star Wars theme parks attractions">Attractions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_A_Galactic_Spectacular" title="Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular">A Galactic Spectacular</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedi_Training:_Trials_of_the_Temple" title="Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple">Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Tours" title="Star Tours">Star Tours</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_Tours_%E2%80%93_The_Adventures_Continue" title="Star Tours – The Adventures Continue">The Adventures Continue</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Path_of_the_Jedi" title="Star Wars: Path of the Jedi">Path of Jedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Galaxy%27s_Edge" title="Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge">Galaxy's Edge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Millennium_Falcon_%E2%80%93_Smugglers_Run" title="Star Wars: Millennium Falcon – Smugglers Run"><i>Millennium Falcon</i> – Smugglers Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Rise_of_the_Resistance" title="Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance">Rise of the Resistance</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Galactic_Starcruiser" title="Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser">Galactic Starcruiser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Hyperspace_Mountain" title="Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain">Hyperspace Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Launch_Bay" title="Star Wars Launch Bay">Launch Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Weekends" title="Star Wars Weekends"><i>Star Wars</i> Weekends</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Where_Science_Meets_Imagination" title="Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination">Where Science Meets Imagination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Celebration" title="Star Wars Celebration"><i>Star Wars</i> Celebration</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_In_Concert" title="Star Wars: In Concert">In Concert</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Wish" title="Disney Wish">Hyperspace Lounge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Star_Wars_documentaries" title="Category:Star Wars documentaries">Documentaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Making_of_Star_Wars" title="The Making of Star Wars">The Making of Star Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SP_FX:_The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back">SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Classic_Creatures:_Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi">Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_Star_Wars_to_Jedi:_The_Making_of_a_Saga" title="From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga">From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Dreams:_The_Story_of_the_Star_Wars_Trilogy" title="Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy">Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Science_of_Star_Wars_(miniseries)" title="Science of Star Wars (miniseries)">Science of Star Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Legacy_Revealed" title="Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed">The Legacy Revealed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Tech" title="Star Wars Tech">Star Wars Tech</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars" title="Lego Star Wars">Lego</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_Droid_Tales" title="Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales">Droid Tales</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Resistance_Rises" title="Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises">The Resistance Rises</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Freemaker_Adventures" title="Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures">The Freemaker Adventures</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_Rebuild_the_Galaxy" title="Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy">Rebuild the Galaxy</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Merchandise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Action figures <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kenner_Star_Wars_action_figures" title="Kenner Star Wars action figures">Kenner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kenner_Star_Wars_action_figures" title="List of Kenner Star Wars action figures">list</a></li></ul></li> <li>Hasbro <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Vintage_Collection" title="Star Wars: The Vintage Collection">Vintage Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Transformers" title="Star Wars Transformers">Transformers</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Pez" title="Star Wars Pez">Pez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Force_Trainer" title="Force Trainer">Force Trainer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepperton_Design_Studios" title="Shepperton Design Studios">Shepperton Design Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_trading_card" title="Star Wars trading card">Trading cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinylmation" title="Vinylmation">Vinylmation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_video_games" title="Star Wars video games">Video games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_video_games" title="List of Star Wars video games">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_books" title="List of Star Wars books">Books</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_reference_books" title="List of Star Wars reference books">reference books</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Insider" title="Star Wars Insider">Star Wars Insider</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_comics" title="Star Wars comics">Comics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_comic_books" title="List of Star Wars comic books">list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(manga)" title="Star Wars (manga)">manga</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_in_other_media" title="Star Wars in other media">Legends</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_Legends_characters" title="List of Star Wars Legends characters">characters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy" title="Thrawn trilogy"><i>Thrawn</i> trilogy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Shadows_of_the_Empire" title="Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire">Shadows of the Empire</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Galaxies" title="Star Wars Galaxies">Galaxies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic" title="Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic">Knights of the Old Republic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Unleashed" title="Star Wars: The Force Unleashed">The Force Unleashed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Old_Republic" title="Star Wars: The Old Republic">The Old Republic</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_High_Republic" title="Star Wars: The High Republic">The High Republic</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Production</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Star_Wars_actors" title="Lists of Star Wars actors">Cast</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_film_actors" title="List of Star Wars film actors">film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_television_series_actors" title="List of Star Wars television series actors">television series</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases" title="Changes in Star Wars re-releases">Changes in film re-releases</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Han_shot_first" title="Han shot first">Han shot first</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_filming_locations" title="List of Star Wars filming locations">Filming locations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_opening_crawl" title="Star Wars opening crawl">Opening crawl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_artists" title="List of Star Wars artists">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_sources_and_analogues" title="Star Wars sources and analogues">Sources and analogues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Star_Trek_and_Star_Wars" title="Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars">comparison to <i>Star Trek</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Star_Wars_films" title="List of accolades received by Star Wars films">Accolades</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="List of accolades received by Star Wars: The Force Awakens">The Force Awakens</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_effects_of_The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="Special effects of The Empire Strikes Back">Special effects of <i>The Empire Strikes Back</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Duel_of_the_Fates" title="Star Wars: Duel of the Fates">Duel of the Fates</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Light_%26_Magic_(TV_series)" title="Light & Magic (TV series)">Light & Magic</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Star_Wars" title="Cultural impact of Star Wars">Cultural impact</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Star_Wars#Fandom,_fan_films_and_fan_edits" title="Cultural impact of Star Wars"><i>Star Wars</i> fandom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/501st_Legion" title="501st Legion">501st Legion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebel_Legion" title="Rebel Legion">Rebel Legion</a></li></ul></li> <li>Religion <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intergalactic_Krewe_of_Chewbacchus" title="Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus">Chewbacchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jediism" title="Jediism">Jediism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon" title="Jedi census phenomenon">Jedi census phenomenon</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Day" title="Star Wars Day"><i>Star Wars</i> Day</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_and_Other_Galactic_Funk" title="Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk">Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk</a></i></li> <li>Fan websites <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wookieepedia" title="Wookieepedia">Wookieepedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TheForce.Net" title="TheForce.Net">TheForce.Net</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spaceballs" title="Spaceballs">Spaceballs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Force_for_Change" title="Star Wars: Force for Change">Force for Change</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chewbacca_defense" title="Chewbacca defense">Chewbacca defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoda_conditions" title="Yoda conditions">Yoda conditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_Star_(business)" title="Death Star (business)">Death Star (business)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative" title="Strategic Defense Initiative">Strategic Defense Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_the_Star_Wars_series" title="List of organisms named after the Star Wars series">List of organisms named after the <i>Star Wars</i> series</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Robot_Chicken_episodes#Specials" title="List of Robot Chicken episodes">Robot Chicken: Star Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laugh_It_Up,_Fuzzball:_The_Family_Guy_Trilogy" title="Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy">The Family Guy Trilogy</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Saga_Begins" title="The Saga Begins">The Saga Begins</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Janitors" title="Space Janitors">Space Janitors</a></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="The_Simpsons_Disney+_shorts" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Disney%2B_shorts" title="The Simpsons Disney+ shorts"><i>The Simpsons</i> Disney+ shorts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Force_Awakens_from_Its_Nap" title="The Force Awakens from Its Nap">The Force Awakens from Its Nap</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Graffiti" title="American Graffiti">American Graffiti</a></i> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/More_American_Graffiti" title="More American Graffiti">More American Graffiti</a></i> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Twice_Upon_a_Time_(1983_film)" title="Twice Upon a Time (1983 film)">Twice Upon a Time</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom" title="Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom">Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Latino_(film)" title="Latino (film)">Latino</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mishima:_A_Life_in_Four_Chapters" title="Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters">Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Labyrinth_(1986_film)" title="Labyrinth (1986 film)">Labyrinth</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_(film)" title="Howard the Duck (film)">Howard the Duck</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tucker:_The_Man_and_His_Dream" title="Tucker: The Man and His Dream">Tucker: The Man and His Dream</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Willow_(1988_film)" title="Willow (1988 film)">Willow</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Land_Before_Time_(film)" title="The Land Before Time (film)">The Land Before Time</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade" title="Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade">Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</a></i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Radioland_Murders" title="Radioland Murders">Radioland Murders</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace" title="Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace">Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_II_%E2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones" title="Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones">Episode II – Attack of the Clones</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_III_%E2%80%93_Revenge_of_the_Sith" title="Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith">Episode III – Revenge of the Sith</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull" title="Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull">Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)">Star Wars: The Clone Wars</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Tails" title="Red Tails">Red Tails</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Magic_(film)" title="Strange Magic (film)">Strange Magic</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_One" title="Rogue One">Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi">Star Wars: The Last Jedi</a></i> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story" title="Solo: A Star Wars Story">Solo: A Star Wars Story</a></i> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</a></i> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Dial_of_Destiny" title="Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny">Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</a></i> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian_%26_Grogu" title="The Mandalorian & Grogu">The Mandalorian & Grogu</a></i> (2026)</span></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Unproduced" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unproduced</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Duel_of_the_Fates" title="Star Wars: Duel of the Fates">Star Wars: Duel of the Fates</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Droids" title="Star Wars: Droids">Star Wars: Droids</a></i> (1985–86)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ewoks_(TV_series)" title="Ewoks (TV series)">Ewoks</a></i> (1985–86)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Maniac_Mansion_(TV_series)" title="Maniac Mansion (TV series)">Maniac Mansion</a></i> (1990–93)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Indiana_Jones_Chronicles" title="The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles">The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles</a></i> (1992–96)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Clone_Wars_(2003_TV_series)" title="Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)">Star Wars: Clone Wars</a></i> (2003–05)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series)" title="Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)">The Clone Wars</a></i> (2008–20)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Rebels" title="Star Wars Rebels">Rebels</a></i> (2014–18)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Freemaker_Adventures" title="Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures">Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures</a></i> (2016–17)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Forces_of_Destiny" title="Star Wars Forces of Destiny">Star Wars Forces of Destiny</a></i> (2017–18)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Resistance" title="Star Wars Resistance">Resistance</a></i> (2018–20)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian" title="The Mandalorian">The Mandalorian</a></i> (2019–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Visions" title="Star Wars: Visions">Visions</a></i> (2021–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Boba_Fett" title="The Book of Boba Fett">The Book of Boba Fett</a></i> (2021–22)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Bad_Batch" title="Star Wars: The Bad Batch">Star Wars: The Bad Batch</a></i> (2021–2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_(miniseries)" title="Obi-Wan Kenobi (miniseries)">Obi-Wan Kenobi</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Light_%26_Magic_(TV_series)" title="Light & Magic (TV series)">Light & Magic</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Andor_(TV_series)" title="Andor (TV series)">Andor</a></i> (2022–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Tales" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Wars: Tales">Star Wars: Tales</a></i> (2022–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Willow_(TV_series)" title="Willow (TV series)">Willow</a></i> (2022–23)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Young_Jedi_Adventures" title="Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures">Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures</a></i> (2023–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ahsoka_(TV_series)" title="Ahsoka (TV series)">Ahsoka</a></i> (2023–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Acolyte_(TV_series)" title="The Acolyte (TV series)">The Acolyte</a></i> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Skeleton_Crew" title="Star Wars: Skeleton Crew">Skeleton Crew</a></i> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Unaired" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unaired</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Detours" title="Star Wars Detours">Star Wars Detours</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Caravan_of_Courage:_An_Ewok_Adventure" title="Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure">Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ewoks:_The_Battle_for_Endor" title="Ewoks: The Battle for Endor">Ewoks: The Battle for Endor</a></i> (1985)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theme park<br />films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_EO" title="Captain EO">Captain EO</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Tours" title="Star Tours">Star Tours</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/ExtraTERRORestrial_Alien_Encounter" class="mw-redirect" title="ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter">ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter</a></i> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Tours_%E2%80%93_The_Adventures_Continue" title="Star Tours – The Adventures Continue">Star Tours – The Adventures Continue</a></i> (2011)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones" title="Indiana Jones">Indiana Jones</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Willow_(1988_film)#Other_media" title="Willow (1988 film)">Willow</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Graffiti" title="American Graffiti">American Graffiti</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related<br />productions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/THX_1138" title="THX 1138">THX 1138</a></i> (1971)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic" title="Industrial Light & Magic">Industrial Light & Magic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Skywalker_Sound" title="Skywalker Sound">Skywalker Sound</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm_Animation" title="Lucasfilm Animation">Lucasfilm Animation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm_Games" title="Lucasfilm Games">Lucasfilm Games</a></span></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Former_divisions" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">The Droid Works</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EditDroid" title="EditDroid">EditDroid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/SoundDroid" title="SoundDroid">SoundDroid</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kerner_Optical" title="Kerner Optical">Kerner Optical</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pixar" title="Pixar">Pixar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/THX" title="THX">THX</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> (Founder)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_(producer)" title="Kathleen Kennedy (producer)">Kathleen Kennedy</a> (President)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Roffman" title="Howard Roffman">Howard Roffman</a> (EVP, Franchise Management)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/StageCraft" title="StageCraft">StageCraft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seventh_Tower" title="The Seventh Tower">The Seventh Tower</a></i> (2000−01)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="J._J._Abrams" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:J._J._Abrams" title="Template:J. 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Abrams</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films directed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_III" title="Mission: Impossible III">Mission: Impossible III</a></i> (2006, also wrote)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(2009_film)" title="Star Trek (2009 film)">Star Trek</a></i> (2009, also produced)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_8_(2011_film)" title="Super 8 (2011 film)">Super 8</a></i> (2011, also wrote, produced)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness" title="Star Trek Into Darkness">Star Trek Into Darkness</a></i> (2013, also produced)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015, also wrote, produced)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</a></i> (2019, also wrote, produced)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal_(series)#Film_adaptation" title="Portal (series)">Untitled <i>Portal</i> film</a> (TBA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films written</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Taking_Care_of_Business_(film)" title="Taking Care of Business (film)">Taking Care of Business</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Regarding_Henry" title="Regarding Henry">Regarding Henry</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Young_(1992_film)" title="Forever Young (1992 film)">Forever Young</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gone_Fishin%27_(film)" title="Gone Fishin' (film)">Gone Fishin'</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)" title="Armageddon (1998 film)">Armageddon</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joy_Ride_(2001_film)" title="Joy Ride (2001 film)">Joy Ride</a></i> (2001, also produced)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films produced</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pallbearer" title="The Pallbearer">The Pallbearer</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Suburbans" title="The Suburbans">The Suburbans</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cloverfield" title="Cloverfield">Cloverfield</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Glory_(2010_film)" title="Morning Glory (2010 film)">Morning Glory</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_%E2%80%93_Ghost_Protocol" title="Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol">Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_%E2%80%93_Rogue_Nation" title="Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation">Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/10_Cloverfield_Lane" title="10 Cloverfield Lane">10 Cloverfield Lane</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Beyond" title="Star Trek Beyond">Star Trek Beyond</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cloverfield_Paradox" title="The Cloverfield Paradox">The Cloverfield Paradox</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_%E2%80%93_Fallout" title="Mission: Impossible – Fallout">Mission: Impossible – Fallout</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Overlord_(2018_film)" title="Overlord (2018 film)">Overlord</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lou_(2022_film)" title="Lou (2022 film)">Lou</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boy,_the_Mole,_the_Fox_and_the_Horse_(film)" title="The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film)">The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse</a></i> (2022, short film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Angels_(film)" title="The Blue Angels (film)">The Blue Angels</a></i> (2024)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor:_The_Lost_Tapes" title="Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes">Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes</a></i> (2024)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flowervale_Street" title="Flowervale Street">Flowervale Street</a></i> (2025)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television series created</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Felicity_(TV_series)" title="Felicity (TV series)">Felicity</a></i> (1998–2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alias_(TV_series)" title="Alias (TV series)">Alias</a></i> (2001–2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_(2004_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost (2004 TV series)">Lost</a></i> (2004–2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series)" title="Fringe (TV series)">Fringe</a></i> (2008–2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Undercovers_(TV_series)" title="Undercovers (TV series)">Undercovers</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duster_(TV_series)" title="Duster (TV series)">Duster</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Abrams%27s_unrealized_projects" title="J. J. Abrams's unrealized projects">Unrealized projects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_Robot" title="Bad Robot">Bad Robot</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/S._(Dorst_novel)" title="S. (Dorst novel)">S.</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gracie_Abrams" title="Gracie Abrams">Gracie Abrams</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_W._Abrams" title="Gerald W. Abrams">Gerald W. Abrams</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Ann_Abrams" title="Carol Ann Abrams">Carol Ann Abrams</a> (mother)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Lawrence_Kasdan" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Template:Lawrence Kasdan"><abbr title="View this 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title="Dreamcatcher (2003 film)">Dreamcatcher</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Darling_Companion" title="Darling Companion">Darling Companion</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Light_%26_Magic_(TV_series)" title="Light & Magic (TV series)">Light & Magic</a></i> (2022, docuseries)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Written only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Continental_Divide_(film)" title="Continental Divide (film)">Continental Divide</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bodyguard_(1992_film)" title="The Bodyguard (1992 film)">The Bodyguard</a></i> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story" title="Solo: A Star Wars Story">Solo: A Star Wars Story</a></i> (2018)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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Snakes</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Awards_for_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Awards_for_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="List of accolades received by Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Awards for <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:114%"><div style="padding:0px"> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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title="Richard Edlund">Richard Edlund</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Poltergeist_(1982_film)" title="Poltergeist (1982 film)">Poltergeist</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Edlund" title="Richard Edlund">Richard Edlund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Muren" title="Dennis Muren">Dennis Muren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Ralston" title="Ken Ralston">Ken Ralston</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kit_West" title="Kit West">Kit West</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Muren" title="Dennis Muren">Dennis Muren</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Gibbs_(special_effects_artist)" title="George Gibbs (special effects artist)">George Gibbs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._McAlister" title="Michael J. McAlister">Michael J. McAlister</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Peterson" title="Lorne Peterson">Lorne Peterson</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom" title="Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom">Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Gibbs_(special_effects_artist)" title="George Gibbs (special effects artist)">George Gibbs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Conway_(special_effects_artist)" title="Richard Conway (special effects artist)">Richard Conway</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film)" title="Brazil (1985 film)">Brazil</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Skotak" title="Robert Skotak">Robert Skotak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Johnson_(special_effects_artist)" title="Brian Johnson (special effects artist)">Brian Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_M._Benson" title="Suzanne M. Benson">Suzanne M. Benson</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Richardson_(special_effects_designer)" title="John Richardson (special effects designer)">John Richardson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Winston" title="Stan Winston">Stan Winston</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Aliens_(film)" title="Aliens (film)">Aliens</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lantieri" title="Michael Lantieri">Michael Lantieri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Owens_(visual_effects_artist)" title="Michael Owens (visual effects artist)">Michael Owens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Jones_(visual_effects_artist)" title="Edward Jones (visual effects artist)">Edward Jones</a>, and Bruce Walters - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Witches_of_Eastwick_(film)" title="The Witches of Eastwick (film)">The Witches of Eastwick</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Gibbs_(special_effects_artist)" title="George Gibbs (special effects artist)">George Gibbs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Williams_(animator)" title="Richard Williams (animator)">Richard Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Ralston" title="Ken Ralston">Ken Ralston</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Jones_(visual_effects_artist)" title="Edward Jones (visual effects artist)">Edward Jones</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit" title="Who Framed Roger Rabbit">Who Framed Roger Rabbit</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Ralston" title="Ken Ralston">Ken Ralston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lantieri" title="Michael Lantieri">Michael Lantieri</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Bell_(special_effects_artist)" title="John Bell (special effects artist)">John Bell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Gawley" title="Steve Gawley">Steve Gawley</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II" title="Back to the Future Part II">Back to the Future Part II</a></i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">The production team of <i><a href="/wiki/Honey,_I_Shrunk_the_Kids" title="Honey, I Shrunk the Kids">Honey, I Shrunk the Kids</a></i> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Winston" title="Stan Winston">Stan Winston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Muren" title="Dennis Muren">Dennis Muren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Warren_Jr." title="Gene Warren Jr.">Gene Warren Jr.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Skotak" title="Robert Skotak">Robert Skotak</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day" title="Terminator 2: Judgment Day">Terminator 2: Judgment Day</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lantieri" title="Michael Lantieri">Michael Lantieri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Ralston" title="Ken Ralston">Ken Ralston</a>, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., <a href="/wiki/Doug_Chiang" title="Doug Chiang">Doug Chiang</a>, and Douglas Smythe - <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Becomes_Her" title="Death Becomes Her">Death Becomes Her</a></i> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Muren" title="Dennis Muren">Dennis Muren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Winston" title="Stan Winston">Stan Winston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Tippett" title="Phil Tippett">Phil Tippett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lantieri" title="Michael Lantieri">Michael Lantieri</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" title="Jurassic Park (film)">Jurassic Park</a></i> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Ralston" title="Ken Ralston">Ken Ralston</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Murphy_(special_effects_artist)" title="George Murphy (special effects artist)">George Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Rosenbaum" title="Stephen Rosenbaum">Stephen Rosenbaum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Chiang" title="Doug Chiang">Doug Chiang</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Allen_Hall_(special_effects_artist)" title="Allen Hall (special effects artist)">Allen Hall</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gump" title="Forrest Gump">Forrest Gump</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Legato" title="Robert Legato">Robert Legato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kanfer" title="Michael Kanfer">Michael Kanfer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Sweeney_(special_effects_artist)" title="Matt Sweeney (special effects artist)">Matt Sweeney</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Ekker" title="Leslie Ekker">Leslie Ekker</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)" title="Apollo 13 (film)">Apollo 13</a></i> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stefen_Fangmeier" title="Stefen Fangmeier">Stefen Fangmeier</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Frazier" title="John Frazier">John Frazier</a>, Henry LaBounta, and <a href="/wiki/Habib_Zargarpour" title="Habib Zargarpour">Habib Zargarpour</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Twister_(1996_film)" title="Twister (1996 film)">Twister</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Stetson" title="Mark Stetson">Mark Stetson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karen_Goulekas" title="Karen Goulekas">Karen Goulekas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Allder" title="Nick Allder">Nick Allder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Corbould" title="Neil Corbould">Neil Corbould</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Dudman" title="Nick Dudman">Nick Dudman</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stefen_Fangmeier" title="Stefen Fangmeier">Stefen Fangmeier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Guyett" title="Roger Guyett">Roger Guyett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Corbould" title="Neil Corbould">Neil Corbould</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan" title="Saving Private Ryan">Saving Private Ryan</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Gaeta" title="John Gaeta">John Gaeta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Courtley" title="Steve Courtley">Steve Courtley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janek_Sirrs" title="Janek Sirrs">Janek Sirrs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Thum" title="Jon Thum">Jon Thum</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Matrix" title="The Matrix">The Matrix</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stefen_Fangmeier" title="Stefen Fangmeier">Stefen Fangmeier</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Frazier" title="John Frazier">John Frazier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walt_Conti" title="Walt Conti">Walt Conti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Habib_Zargarpour" title="Habib Zargarpour">Habib Zargarpour</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Alexander_(visual_effects)" title="Tim Alexander (visual effects)">Tim Alexander</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Perfect_Storm_(film)" title="The Perfect Storm (film)">The Perfect Storm</a></i> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%;background: #C5B358">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rygiel" title="Jim Rygiel">Jim Rygiel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Taylor_(filmmaker)" title="Richard Taylor (filmmaker)">Richard Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Funke" title="Alex Funke">Alex Funke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randall_William_Cook" title="Randall William Cook">Randall William Cook</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Stetson" title="Mark Stetson">Mark Stetson</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring">The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rygiel" title="Jim Rygiel">Jim Rygiel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Letteri" title="Joe Letteri">Joe Letteri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randall_William_Cook" title="Randall William Cook">Randall William Cook</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Funke" title="Alex Funke">Alex Funke</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers">The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Letteri" title="Joe Letteri">Joe Letteri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rygiel" title="Jim Rygiel">Jim Rygiel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randall_William_Cook" title="Randall William Cook">Randall William Cook</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Funke" title="Alex Funke">Alex Funke</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Goulekas" title="Karen Goulekas">Karen Goulekas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Corbould" title="Neil Corbould">Neil Corbould</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_and_Colin_Strause" title="Greg and Colin Strause">Greg Strause</a>, and Remo Balcells - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Day_After_Tomorrow" title="The Day After Tomorrow">The Day After Tomorrow</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Letteri" title="Joe Letteri">Joe Letteri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Rivers" title="Christian Rivers">Christian Rivers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Van%27t_Hul" title="Brian Van't Hul">Brian Van't Hul</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Taylor_(filmmaker)" title="Richard Taylor (filmmaker)">Richard Taylor</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(2005_film)" title="King Kong (2005 film)">King Kong</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Knoll" title="John Knoll">John Knoll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hal_Hickel" title="Hal Hickel">Hal Hickel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gibson_(special_effects_artist)" title="Charles Gibson (special effects artist)">Charles Gibson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Allen_Hall_(special_effects_artist)" title="Allen Hall (special effects artist)">Allen Hall</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_Dead_Man%27s_Chest" title="Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest">Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_L._Fink" title="Michael L. Fink">Michael L. Fink</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Westenhofer" title="Bill Westenhofer">Bill Westenhofer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Morris_(special_effects_artist)" title="Ben Morris (special effects artist)">Ben Morris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Wood_(special_effects_artist)" title="Trevor Wood (special effects artist)">Trevor Wood</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Compass_(film)" title="The Golden Compass (film)">The Golden Compass</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Barba" title="Eric Barba">Eric Barba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Barron" title="Craig Barron">Craig Barron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nathan_McGuinness" title="Nathan McGuinness">Nathan McGuinness</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edson_Williams" title="Edson Williams">Edson Williams</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_(film)" title="The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)">The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Letteri" title="Joe Letteri">Joe Letteri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Rosenbaum" title="Stephen Rosenbaum">Stephen Rosenbaum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Baneham" title="Richard Baneham">Richard Baneham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_R._Jones" title="Andrew R. 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Fisher">Scott R. Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson_(visual_effects)" title="Andrew Jackson (visual effects)">Andrew Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lockley" title="Andrew Lockley">Andrew Lockley</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Tenet_(film)" title="Tenet (film)">Tenet</a></i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Connor_(visual_effects_artist)" title="Brian Connor (visual effects artist)">Brian Connor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Lambert_(special_effects_artist)" title="Paul Lambert (special effects artist)">Paul Lambert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Myles" title="Tristan Myles">Tristan Myles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gerd_Nefzer" title="Gerd Nefzer">Gerd Nefzer</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Dune_(2021_film)" title="Dune (2021 film)">Dune</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baneham" title="Richard Baneham">Richard Baneham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Barrett_(visual_effects_supervisor)" title="Daniel Barrett (visual effects supervisor)">Daniel 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Lion King">The Lion King</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ace_Ventura:_When_Nature_Calls" title="Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls">Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(1996_film)" title="Independence Day (1996 film)">Independence Day</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rugrats_Movie" title="The Rugrats Movie">The Rugrats Movie</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Daddy_(1999_film)" title="Big Daddy (1999 film)">Big Daddy</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_(2000_film)" title="How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)">How the Grinch Stole Christmas</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rush_Hour_2" title="Rush Hour 2">Rush Hour 2</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Austin_Powers_in_Goldmember" title="Austin Powers in Goldmember">Austin Powers in 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Chipmunks: The Squeakquel</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Karate_Kid_(2010_film)" title="The Karate Kid (2010 film)">The Karate Kid</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks:_Chipwrecked" title="Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked">Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunger_Games_(film)" title="The Hunger Games (film)">The Hunger Games</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunger_Games:_Catching_Fire" title="The Hunger Games: Catching Fire">The Hunger Games: Catching Fire</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunger_Games:_Mockingjay_%E2%80%93_Part_1" title="The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1">The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghostbusters_(2016_film)" title="Ghostbusters (2016 film)">Ghostbusters</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jumanji:_Welcome_to_the_Jungle" title="Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle">Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Avengers:_Infinity_War" title="Avengers: Infinity War">Avengers: Infinity War</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame" title="Avengers: Endgame">Avengers: Endgame</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wonder_Woman_1984" title="Wonder Woman 1984">Wonder Woman 1984</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man:_No_Way_Home" title="Spider-Man: No Way Home">Spider-Man: No Way Home</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_(film)" title="Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film)">Sonic the Hedgehog 2</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barbie_(film)" title="Barbie (film)">Barbie</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring">The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers">The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Dynamite" title="Napoleon Dynamite">Napoleon Dynamite</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Wedding_Crashers" title="Wedding Crashers">Wedding Crashers</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_Dead_Man%27s_Chest" title="Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest">Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film)" title="Transformers (film)">Transformers</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Twilight_(2008_film)" title="Twilight (2008 film)">Twilight</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Saga:_New_Moon" title="The Twilight Saga: New Moon">The Twilight Saga: New Moon</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Saga:_Eclipse" title="The Twilight Saga: Eclipse">The Twilight Saga: Eclipse</a></i> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)" title="Black Panther (film)">Black Panther</a></i> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame" title="Avengers: Endgame">Avengers: Endgame</a></i> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/To_All_the_Boys:_Always_and_Forever" title="To All the Boys: Always and Forever">To All the Boys: Always and Forever</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man:_No_Way_Home" title="Spider-Man: No Way Home">Spider-Man: No Way Home</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Scream_VI" title="Scream VI">Scream VI</a></i> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Movie of the Year <br /> (2012–2017)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Saga:_Breaking_Dawn_%E2%80%93_Part_1" title="The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1">The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1</a></i> (2012)</span></li> 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(1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rollerball_(1975_film)" title="Rollerball (1975 film)">Rollerball</a></i> (1974/75)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Logan%27s_Run_(film)" title="Logan's Run (film)">Logan's Run</a></i> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Alien_(film)" title="Alien (film)">Alien</a></i> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #6CC;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_II" title="Superman II">Superman II</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial" title="E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial">E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Terminator" title="The Terminator">The Terminator</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Future" title="Back to the Future">Back to the Future</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Aliens_(film)" title="Aliens (film)">Aliens</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/RoboCop" title="RoboCop">RoboCop</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Alien_Nation_(film)" title="Alien Nation (film)">Alien Nation</a></i> (1988)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #6CC;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Total_Recall_(1990_film)" title="Total Recall (1990 film)">Total Recall</a></i> (1989/90)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day" title="Terminator 2: Judgment Day">Terminator 2: Judgment Day</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_VI:_The_Undiscovered_Country" title="Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country">Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country</a></i> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" title="Jurassic Park (film)">Jurassic Park</a></i> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(film)" title="Stargate (film)">Stargate</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/12_Monkeys" title="12 Monkeys">12 Monkeys</a></i> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(1996_film)" title="Independence Day (1996 film)">Independence Day</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Men_in_Black_(1997_film)" title="Men in Black (1997 film)">Men in Black</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)" title="Armageddon (1998 film)">Armageddon</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)" title="Dark City (1998 film)">Dark City</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Matrix" title="The Matrix">The Matrix</a></i> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #6CC;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/X-Men_(film)" title="X-Men (film)">X-Men</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence" title="A.I. Artificial Intelligence">A.I. Artificial Intelligence</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)" title="Minority Report (film)">Minority Report</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/X2_(film)" title="X2 (film)">X2: X-Men United</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Eternal_Sunshine_of_the_Spotless_Mind" title="Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_III_%E2%80%93_Revenge_of_the_Sith" title="Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith">Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Men" title="Children of Men">Children of Men</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cloverfield" title="Cloverfield">Cloverfield</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Iron_Man_(2008_film)" title="Iron Man (2008 film)">Iron Man</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)" title="Avatar (2009 film)">Avatar</a></i> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #6CC;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Inception" title="Inception">Inception</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rise_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes" title="Rise of the Planet of the Apes">Rise of the Planet of the Apes</a></i> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(2012_film)" title="The Avengers (2012 film)">The Avengers</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gravity_(2013_film)" title="Gravity (2013 film)">Gravity</a></i> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Interstellar_(film)" title="Interstellar (film)">Interstellar</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_One" title="Rogue One">Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049" title="Blade Runner 2049">Blade Runner 2049</a></i> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)" title="Ready Player One (film)">Ready Player One</a></i> (2018/19)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</a></i> (2019/20)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #6CC;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nope_(film)" title="Nope (film)">Nope</a></i> (2021/22)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avatar:_The_Way_of_Water" title="Avatar: The Way of Water">Avatar: The Way of Water</a></i> (2022/23)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Yearly_highest-grossing_films_in_the_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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States by year">Yearly highest-grossing films in the United States</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Films listed as number-one by in-year release</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s–1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1977_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1977 box office number-one films in the United States">1977</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Grease_(film)" title="Grease (film)">Grease</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1978_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1978 box office number-one films in the United States">1978</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kramer_vs._Kramer" title="Kramer vs. Kramer">Kramer vs. Kramer</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1979_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1979 box office number-one films in the United States">1979</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1980_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1980 box office number-one films in the United States">1980</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1981_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1981 box office number-one films in the United States">1981</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial" title="E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial">E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1982_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1982 box office number-one films in the United States">1982</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1983_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United States">1983</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Cop" title="Beverly Hills Cop">Beverly Hills Cop</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1984_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1984 box office number-one films in the United States">1984</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Future" title="Back to the Future">Back to the Future</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1985_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1985 box office number-one films in the United States">1985</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gun" title="Top Gun">Top Gun</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1986_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1986 box office number-one films in the United States">1986</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Men_and_a_Baby" title="Three Men and a Baby">Three Men and a Baby</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1987_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1987 box office number-one films in the United States">1987</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rain_Man" title="Rain Man">Rain Man</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1988_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1988 box office number-one films in the United States">1988</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)" title="Batman (1989 film)">Batman</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1989_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1989 box office number-one films in the United States">1989</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s−2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Home_Alone" title="Home Alone">Home Alone</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1990_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United States">1990</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day" title="Terminator 2: Judgment Day">Terminator 2: Judgment Day</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1991_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1991 box office number-one films in the United States">1991</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Aladdin_(1992_Disney_film)" title="Aladdin (1992 Disney film)">Aladdin</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1992_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1992 box office number-one films in the United States">1992</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" title="Jurassic Park (film)">Jurassic Park</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1993_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1993 box office number-one films in the United States">1993</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gump" title="Forrest Gump">Forrest Gump</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1994_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1994 box office number-one films in the United States">1994</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Toy_Story" title="Toy Story">Toy Story</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1995_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1995 box office number-one films in the United States">1995</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(1996_film)" title="Independence Day (1996 film)">Independence Day</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1996_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1996 box office number-one films in the United States">1996</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1997_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1997 box office number-one films in the United States">1997</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan" title="Saving Private Ryan">Saving Private Ryan</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1998_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1998 box office number-one films in the United States">1998</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace" title="Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace">Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_1999_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 1999 box office number-one films in the United States">1999</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_(2000_film)" title="How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)">How the Grinch Stole Christmas</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2000_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2000 box office number-one films in the United States">2000</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone_(film)" title="Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2001_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2001 box office number-one films in the United States">2001</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_(2002_film)" title="Spider-Man (2002 film)">Spider-Man</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2002_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2002 box office number-one films in the United States">2002</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2003_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2003 box office number-one films in the United States">2003</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Shrek_2" title="Shrek 2">Shrek 2</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2004_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2004 box office number-one films in the United States">2004</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_III_%E2%80%93_Revenge_of_the_Sith" title="Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith">Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2005_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2005 box office number-one films in the United States">2005</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_Dead_Man%27s_Chest" title="Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest">Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2006_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2006 box office number-one films in the United States">2006</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_3" title="Spider-Man 3">Spider-Man 3</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2007_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2007 box office number-one films in the United States">2007</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Knight" title="The Dark Knight">The Dark Knight</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2008_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2008 box office number-one films in the United States">2008</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)" title="Avatar (2009 film)">Avatar</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2009_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2009 box office number-one films in the United States">2009</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s−2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Toy_Story_3" title="Toy Story 3">Toy Story 3</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_2010_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States" title="List of 2010 box office number-one films in the 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