VIDEO: Nostalgia, New Faces in First Official Trailer for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

The first official trailer for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS debuted tonight (October 19) during the halftime of the NFL game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. Watch it in all its glory below!

Lucasfilm and visionary director J.J. Abrams join forces to take you back again to a galaxy far, far away as Star Wars returns to the big screen with STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS.

The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Max Von Sydow. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk are producing with Tommy Harper and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt.

Tickets to the highly anticipated cinematic event are now sale everywhere movie tickets are sold. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS opens in U.S. theaters on December 18.

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