Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is an American feature film of the science fiction and fantasy genres. It is the seventh major live-action feature film in the Star Wars multimedia franchise and is the first part of a new direction for the series, taking place several decades after the events of 1983's Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. As such, some marketing material has bannered this film as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. The film was directed by J.J. Abrams, with a script written by Abrams, Michael Arndt and Star Wars veteran Lawrence Kasdan. It was produced by Lucasfilm, Ltd. and Abrams' company Bad Robot and distributed through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was released theatrically in the United States on December 18th, 2015.