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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Nov 28, 2014 5:17 PM UTC   by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Nov 28, 2014 5:17 PM UTC I just got back from paying $15 to see the new _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ teaser trailer in a theater then ducking out well before the third _Hunger Games_ started_._ And ho boy, this ain’t your dad’s _Star Wars._ Here are five things that stuck out at me about _The Force Awakens_ trailer, which you can watch at home for free above. 1\. **The very first person we see is black** The original Star Wars trilogy only had one black character of any significance: Lando Calrissian. And while some may see Lando as a positive role model in the realm of science fiction/fantasy, let’s face it: In the first film in which he appears — _Empire Strikes Back —_ audiences were left seeing him as a traitor who sold out his old buddy Han to Darth Vader/Boba Fett/Jabba the Hutt. Only in the next film do we see Lando as a hero who helps destroy the second Death Star. The next major black character didn’t show up until Sam Jackson was cast as Jedi Knight Mace Windu for _The Phantom Menance —_ a character who I should note was intended to be in the original trilogy but got scrapped along the way. This might seem like a minor point, but _Star Wars_ movies have traditionally opened with a shot of a passing ship, while the first characters we see are often droids. Starting this trailer with a black actor on what’s clearly Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine is a big statement in the _Star Wars_ movie universe. 2\. **Those X-Wings look** **_awesome_** That squad of seemingly souped-up X-Wings we see skimming the water’s surface at high-speed? I don’t have anything of eloquence to say about them other than yeah, those look _really cool_. Expect director J.J. Abrams to bring to _Star Wars_ space battles what he brought to those in _Star Trek_: Bigger and way more intense. 3\. **That 3-bladed red lightsaber** We see some shadowy, very evil Sith-looking figure in a dark forest — who then switches on his very evil Sith-looking red lightsaber, only for it to have two shorter energy beams pouring out the hilt, a design we’ve never seen before. My first thought was maybe this very evil Sith is using some supercharged, possibly unstable crystal to power his lightsaber — a very evil Sith thing to do. But then I realized the tiny blades sticking out the sides make the new lightsaber look more like a longsword. Those pack a handguard just on top of the hilt, convenient for avoiding getting your fighting hand chopped off — a fate that’s befallen far too many Jedi and Sith before somebody finally figured out how to stop it. 4\. **The Millennium Falcon returns** The last sequence we see is Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon zipping along the desert of what again is presumably Tatooine and getting shot at by TIE fighters. The audience in my theater burst into cheers at the sight of it — proving that hey, maybe she _is_ much to look at after all. Can the Falcon do the Kessel Run in less than _eleven_ parsecs now? Who knows! 5\. **The voiceover.** The voiceover — is that Max von Sydow? — gives us just a little more insight into the movie’s plot. It sounds like the film’s title is very literal: There’s been an awakening in the Force, both on the light side and the dark side — so it’s a safe bet we’re going to see some very good Jedi-on-Sith action come next December. _Vote Now:_ [_Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year?_](http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/) Star Wars: 5 Things to Know About the Force Awakens Trailer ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3609579/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3609579/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/"},"headline":"The Force Awakens: 5 Takeaways From the New Star Wars Trailer","datePublished":"2014-11-28T17:17:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:26:32.676Z","description":"This ain't your dad's Star Wars","url":"https://time.com/3609579/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26f597384aa4e306/69876b66f887dcf49ee88a6a/star-wars-1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26f597384aa4e306/69876b66f887dcf49ee88a6a/star-wars-1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-1","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3609579/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/","name":"The Force Awakens: 5 Takeaways From the New Star Wars Trailer"}}]}] ```