BB-8 escapes with the map, eventually finding its way to a junkyard settlement, and befriending a scavenger named Rey, an orphan who has spent all of her life on Jakku, making a living by scavenging several items from old ships around the planet and selling them to junkers for portions of food.Īs Ren uses the Force on Poe to learn about BB-8's whereabouts, FN-2187, a stormtrooper who had become repulsed by the First Order's brutality, decides to escape and frees Poe. Just then, Kylo Ren captures Poe and kills Lor San Tekka, and Phasma orders her troops to wipe out the village. However, stormtroopers led by Captain Phasma as well as the First Order's warlord Kylo Ren, arrive at the village, during which time Poe gives the map to his droid, BB-8, and orders him to leave.

Poe Dameron, the Resistance's best pilot, is sent by Leia to retrieve a map to Luke's location from a village on the planet Jakku. The Resistance, an offshoot of the New Republic led by General Leia Organa, is doing the same, while attempting to protect the galaxy from the rising tyranny of the First Order.

Led by the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke, the infamous First Order, a military junta of the Galactic Empire, and Knights of Ren, successor to the Sith Order, is seizing control of the galaxy and is scouring the galaxy to find Luke, having already destroyed the New Jedi Order. Three decades after the second Death Star's destruction, Luke Skywalker, the last Jedi Master, has mysteriously vanished. To defeat the villainous First Order, one of them must discover the dormant Force within, and awaken it. It is also the fourth highest grossing film of all time worldwide (behind Avengers: Endgame, Avatar, and Titanic) (third at the time of its release behind Avatar and Titanic).Īs the Resistance and the First Order race to find the location of the last Jedi Luke Skywalker, who has mysteriously disappeared, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a renegade stormtrooper, are unwittingly thrown in the middle of the conflict upon meeting BB-8, a droid with a piece of a map to Luke's location. Adjusted for inflation it is the second highest grossing Disney film behind Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It also is the most successful sequel of all time adjusted for inflation. It was released to critical acclaim, making $2.068 billion (only the third film to do such) becoming the highest grossing Star Wars film not adjusted for inflation (adjusted it is the second highest) and the highest grossing film of 2015 and of all time in North America. Episode VII is the first theatrical live-action Star Wars movie, since Revenge of the Sith, released ten years earlier. Abrams directed and produced the film, while Michael Arndt wrote the screenplay. It is also the first Star Wars theatrical film to have Disney's involvement.ĭisney began production on the film after they acquired Lucasfilm on October 30, 2012, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy served as executive producer of the film, and George Lucas acted as a creative consultant for the films. It is the seventh installment in the long-running Star Wars franchise and the first installment in the long-awaited sequel trilogy. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) is an American science fiction/space opera film that was released on December 18, 2015.

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