Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Our Review Published December 22, 2015

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Now, a decade since the last live action Star Wars film, Disney brings us The Force Awakens. The baton is being passed from the old trilogy’s heroes to a new group, played by Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac. But with the shadow of the prequels hanging over the series, does director J. J. Abrams’ new film fall to the dark side, or the light? Join Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob in this episode of Now Playing Podcast to find out!

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 PG-13 2h 16m

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

Release Date

December 15, 2015

Director

J.J. Abrams

Writer

George Lucas, Michael Arndt, Lawrence Kasdan

Stars

Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Max von Sydow, Peter Mayhew, Gwendoline Christie, Joonas Suotamo, Pip Andersen, Simon Pegg, Kiran Shah, Sasha Frost, Pip Torrens, Andrew Jack, Rocky Marshall, Greg Grunberg, Emun Elliott, Brian Vernel, Yayan Ruhian, Sebastian Armesto, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Warwick Davis, Cailey Fleming, Mark Stanley, Ken Leung, Iko Uwais, Anna Brewster, Harriet Walter, Tim Rose, Erik Bauersfeld, Mike Quinn, Bill Kipsang Rotich, Michael Giacchino, Nigel Godrich, Judah Friedlander, Victor McGuire, Miltos Yerolemou, Francesca Longrigg, D.C. Barns, Billie Lourd, Leanne Best, Crystal Clarke, Jeffery Kissoon, Claudia Sermbezis, Gerald W. Abrams, Jim McGrath, Philicia Saunders, Morgan Dameron, Jessica Henwick, Tosin Cole, James McArdle, Stefan Grube, Dixie Arnold, Hannah John-Kamen, Kate Fleetwood, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Tom Edden, Brian Herring, Dave Chapman, Jimmy Vee, Cecep Arif Rahman, Ian Whyte, Daniel Craig, Ewan McGregor, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Tom Kane, Catherine Taber, Matthew Wood, Sam Witwer, Meredith Salenger, James Arnold Taylor, Michael Donovan, Devon Libran, Robert Stambler, Verona Blue, Fred Tatasciore, Patrick Correll, Karen Huie, Orly Schuchmacher, Ben Schwartz, Mark Dodson, Liang Yang, David Acord, Jamie B. Chambers, David M. Santana, Richard Riddell, Jefferson Hall, Jack Laskey, Daniel Adjei, Charlie Akin, Adrian Allan, Samantha Alleyne, Paul Biddiss, Hannah Blamires, Rony Bridges, Stuart Budd, Calvin Chen, Alan Chimes, Jamie Clay, David W. Collins, Cavin Cornwall, Rowan Cox, Nathalie Cuzner, Rimmel Daniel, Keith De'Winter, Adrian Derrick-Palmer, Cameron Edwards, Jesse Michael Fullington, Gloria Garcia, Salo Gardner, Caroline Garnell, Chris Geden, Versha Grant, Steven James Griffiths, Gary Hailes, Tim Hammersley, Chris Hastings, Marina Hayter, Kelvin Hewlett, Matthew Hobbs, Phil Hodges, Leigh Holland, Kevin Hudson, Phoenix James, Zander James, Tobias James-Samuels, Paul Kasey, Aaron Kennedy, Aidan Knight, Sanj Krishnan, Lukas Landau, Andrei Lenart, Jorge Leon, Julia Leyland, Billy James Machin, Raymond Mamrak, Kelsey Edwards, Kenny-Lee Mbanefo, David McCarrison, Sandeep Mohan, Benjayx Murphy, Robert Strange, Charlie Nevett, Jason Nicholls, Terry Noble, David Norfolk, Tatsujiro Oto, Gillian Pittaway, Nathan Plant, Elroy Powell, Jay Rincon, Marc Rolfe, Julio Romeo, Arti Shah, Kat Sheridan, Stephanie Silva, Jasper Skinner, Sandy Kate Slade, Clem So, Benito Sovrano, Karol Steele, François Sternkiker, Frank Stone, Andy Sweet, Peter Theobalds, Pablo Verdejo, Ashley Ward, Paul Warren, Topo Wresniwiro, Joshua Ásberg, Joe Cash, Clare Glass, Kevin Smith, Daran Holliman, Bill Hader

Producer

Bryan Burk, Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams

Cinematography

Dan Mindel

Music

John Williams

Genre

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Budget

$245,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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