Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 135 min

genre: action

theme: space opera

director: J. J. Abrams

Score: 8 / 10

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film co-produced, co-written, and directed by J.J. Abrams. The sequel to Return of the Jedi (1983), it is the seventh film in the "Skywalker Saga". Set thirty years after Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens follows Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Han Solo's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight in the Resistance, led by General Leia Organa and veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire. The ensemble cast includes 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.

Plot

Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, the First Order has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire and seeks to end the New Republic. The Resistance, backed by the Republic and led by General Leia Organa, opposes the First Order. Leia searches for her brother, Luke Skywalker, who is missing.

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author	J. J. Abrams Lawrence Kasdan Michael Arndt
award	BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Empire Award for Best Director Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Movie MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Saturn Award for Best Editing Saturn Award for Best Make-up Saturn Award for Best Music Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film Saturn Award for Best Special Effects Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Saturn Award for Best Writing Saturn Award for the Best Actor
contentLocation	Ahch-To D'Qar Jakku Starkiller Base (Ilum) Takodana
director	J. J. Abrams
editor	Mary Jo Markey Maryann Brandon
genre	action adventure animation saga science fiction
keywords	anakin skywalker bb-8 c-3po cantina chewbacca d\'qar dark side darth vader discover disillusion disturb endor exile falcon finn first order first time fn-2187 force galactic empire general hux han solo hosnian prime injured jedi jedi mind trick kylo ren learn leia organa lightsaber luke skywalker maz kanata millennium falcon new republic nothing poe dameron r2-d2 remote island resistance return of the jedi rey seclude star destroyer starkiller base stormtrooper stormtroopers supreme leader supreme leader snoke the empire strikes back tie fighter train x-wing fighter
musicBy	John Williams
nomination	Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
producer	Bryan Burk J. J. Abrams Kathleen Kennedy
publisher	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
recordedAt	Berkshire Buckinghamshire County Kerry Iceland Pinewood Studios Republic of Ireland United Arab Emirates
theme	3d missing people science fiction action science fiction adventure science fiction war sequel space opera