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A new trailer has arrived for the upcoming 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� film, 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens,鈥� and tickets for the movie went on sale following the trailer鈥檚 debut.聽

In the trailer, fans saw more of new characters Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), as well as the return of characters like Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher).聽

Is Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) there too? If so, he's keeping a low profile.

In the new clip, Rey walks across the desert, accompanied by the droid BB-8. Meanwhile, Finn, then still in Stormtrooper armor, says, 鈥淚 was raised to do one thing 鈥撀燽ut I鈥檝e got nothing to fight for.鈥� A TIE fighter, possibly Finn鈥檚, slowly tumbles through space towards a planet. 聽

Meanwhile, the villainous Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) is talking to what looks like Darth Vader鈥檚 charred helmet. 鈥淣othing will stand in our way,鈥� he says. 鈥淚 will finish what you started.鈥�

There are also glimpses of Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) as well as Finn and Poe encountering one another near what appear to be some starships, Han Solo leading Finn and Rey into a building decorated with some colorful banners, and a figure in a cloak with an artificial hand reaching out to R2-D2. Is it Luke Skywalker?聽

Of course, you didn鈥檛 think you鈥檇 get any big plot reveals, did you? Most of the dialogue is fairly vague, with a character that is presumably Rey saying 鈥淚鈥檓 no one,鈥� Han Solo saying of 鈥渨hat happened鈥� (perhaps the events of the previous films?), 鈥淚t鈥檚 true. All of it,鈥� and someone saying in voiceover, 鈥淭he Force. It鈥檚 calling to you. Just let it in.鈥澛�

The 鈥淔orce Awakens鈥� production has been one of the most secretive in recent memory, with director J.J. Abrams and those behind the film seemingly determined to reveal as little as possible.

We know the names of most of the characters, but little else. A reel of footage that played at the convention Comic-Con this past summer proved popular 鈥� especially the聽ending, in which Han Solo tells his sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), "We're home."

Comic-Con interviews with Mr. Abrams and the actors revealed a bit, as when Mr. Isaac his Poe Dameron is 鈥渢he best 鈥� pilot in the galaxy.鈥� But when Driver was asked if he could discuss the connection, if any, between Kylo Ren and the Dark Side, the evil force in the 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� films, he said, 鈥淣o,鈥� then added, 鈥淚t was the聽difference between someone who thinks they鈥檙e bad,聽and somebody who thinks they鈥檙e right.鈥澛�

The actors are obviously under orders not to reveal much. When actor Domnhall Gleeson, who portrays a character named General Hux, said聽during the Comic-Con panel that his character is 鈥渋n charge of people on a Starkiller base,鈥� Mr. Gleeson quickly stopped and said, 鈥淯h-oh鈥� is that all right?鈥�

Abrams seemed okay with it, adding, 鈥淭he name of the base of the [possibly evil] First Order, in honor of the original last name of Luke Skywalker, is Starkiller Base,鈥� then joked, 鈥渟poiled by Domnhall Gleeson.鈥�

Is it a good or bad idea to keep things so under wraps?

Many recent blockbusters have used the strategy, including Abrams himself with the recent 鈥淪tar Trek鈥� movies and Christopher Nolan with the 鈥淒ark Knight鈥� series.

The advantage to this plan is that, as Abrams and others most likely know, anything that鈥檚 revealed will be endlessly dissected by 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� fans, a group has grown exponentially since the release of the original film in 1977. If fans discover a creative decision that they don鈥檛 like, their objections could overshadow the release of the film and cause some potential moviegoers to stay home.聽

However, the lack of plot knowledge also heightens expectations.

With Nolan鈥檚 film 鈥淭he Dark Knight Rises鈥� in particular, the mystery surrounding a few new actors meant comic book fans spent months trying to guess who actors like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard were actually portraying.

(Mr. Gordon-Levitt was credited as John Blake, and fans surmised he must be someone integral to the "Batman" universe.) After the movie was released, J. Caleb Mozzocco, a writer for the comic books site , wrote that John Blake鈥檚 鈥� 'legal name' [which revealed that he was comic book sidekick Robin] was a bit much,鈥� but he was impressed with the way Ms. Cotillard鈥檚 real character was kept secret, writing, 鈥渢he way Nolan executes the reveal, holding off on it for so very long, made it come as a surprise.鈥澛�

All the latest 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� surprises will be revealed when 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens鈥� is released on Dec. 18.