'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' trailer reveals more clues for fans
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A new international trailer for 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens鈥 holds some new footage for fans.聽
Those who have watched the previous trailer endlessly will spot some new details in this preview, including new character details about character Rey (Daisy Ridley).
In the new trailer, Rey interacts with the droid BB-8. 鈥淲here do you come from?鈥 she asks it. 鈥淚 know all about waiting for my family.鈥澛
In addition, Rey and former Stormtrooper Finn introduce themselves officially to one another and we see more of Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) and the droid C-3PO. While Han Solo (Harrison Ford) previously said in a trailer, 鈥淚t鈥檚 all true,鈥 this time he says, 鈥淭he Force 鈥 it鈥檚 all true.鈥 This matches up with the dialogue from a previous trailer, in which someone says, 鈥淭he Dark Side, the Jedi 鈥 they鈥檙e real.鈥 (Perhaps Han wouldn't call it a hokey religion any longer?)
Meanwhile, Ren is threatened by the villainous Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). She also looks very shocked by that lightsaber 鈥 perhaps she鈥檚 never seen one before?
Following the release of the last trailer, advance tickets for 鈥淔orce鈥 went on sale. This caused many ticketing sites to crash and there were record advance sales for IMAX tickets.
All this has industry watchers wondering, just how big will 鈥淔orce鈥 go in terms of box office? Interest in the upcoming movie seems huge, with the trailer that was released last month now having been viewed more than 56 million times.聽
And though the first movie was released in 1977, the original 鈥淪tar Wars鈥 trilogy is hardly a relic 鈥 the decades between the original trilogy and this upcoming movie merely seem to have created more fans, despite poorly received prequels that were released in between.
The fact that six previous 鈥淪tar Wars鈥 films have been released will no doubt help "Force" at the box office. The top 10 highest-grossing movies of all time domestically (without adjusting for inflation) have all come out in the past few years, with the exception of the original 鈥淪tar Wars鈥 film, which, counting its two re-releases, is now the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time.聽
But seven of the 10 highest-grossing films are all sequels. Movies like 鈥淭he Dark Knight,鈥 鈥淎vengers: Age of Ultron,鈥 and 鈥淪hrek 2鈥 had characters and stories that were already known to audiences. Few movies have the audience awareness of 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens,鈥 which is the first new 鈥淪tar Wars鈥 movie in 10 years and features the return of the beloved original cast. Expect to see 鈥淔orce鈥 in that top 10 ranking soon.