

The Force Awakens is produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucasfilm and Abrams' Bad Robot Productions, and will be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. John Williams returns to compose the score, and Star Wars creator George Lucas serves as creative consultant. Abrams and Kasdan rewrote an initial script by Michael Arndt, who also wrote the story treatment. Abrams directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of the original trilogy films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). It is produced by Abrams, his long-time collaborator Bryan Burk, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. The Force Awakens is the first film in the planned Star Wars sequel trilogy announced after the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012. The story is set approximately 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983). The seventh installment in the Star Wars film series (excluding the future upcoming spin-offs), it stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow, with Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker reprising their roles from the original trilogy. Production Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) is an American epic sci-fi space opera film directed by J.
