Video and Pics From STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Trailer & Celebration

It was a roar heard around the galaxy.

The latest trailer for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS was unveiled on Thursday with fans watching it on YouTube and Facebook more than 25 million times. The buzz on it is insane!

Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaacs as well as veterans of the original saga Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, and Peter Mayhew joined director J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy (producer) as they kicked off Star Wars Celebration and gave those assembled at the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, CA a first look.

Now that the Force is back, it left millions of fans dissecting every inch of the new trailer. What’s with the new weapons? Who was Mark Hamill referring to? Will it be some reincarnation thing using the force? Is it the reason the force has awakened? And will Abrams include Darth/Anakin in the 7th film.

With all this evil fodder happening in the galaxy and causing a disturbance in the force, no doubt the force awakens… but you think the force isn’t gonna bring backup? Cue the charred mask and heavy breathing.

But the moment that brought the house down – Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Chewbacca’s emergence at the end.

“Han Solo appeared on the screen and there was a roar in that room,” said Abrams. “I’ve never heard anything like it.”

Kennedy added, “when Harrison said, ‘Chewy, we’re home,’ the place went absolutely insane. It brought people onto their feet. People were crying. It was beyond anything we could have imagined.”

Check out the new images from Thursday’s STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS panel and activities at the Star Wars Celebration event.

New images from STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Teaser #2.

Photos by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney; Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney. ©Lucasfilm 2015

John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o and Max von Sydow join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

The screenplay is by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer.

Get those lightsabers ready, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS will be in theaters December 18, 2015.

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Contributed by Melissa Thompson and Michelle McCue