--- description: The second teaser trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" dropped Thursday afternoon. Here are five things that stand out (spoilers!). title: See the 5 Most Important Scenes in the New 'Star Wars' Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the 5 Most Important Scenes in the New _Star Wars_ Trailer ## Video: Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2 [Watch (HLS stream): Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2eKGIE6L.m3u8) (1:59)  _Published 2015-04-16. Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2_  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2015 6:39 PM CUT  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2015 6:39 PM CUT The second teaser trailer for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ dropped Thursday afternoon. Here are five things that stand out (spoilers!): **1\.** That voiceover is Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, apparently telling his offspring about The Force. It’s unclear which character he’s talking to, but it’s a safe bet this film is about the heroes of the original trilogy (Luke, Leia and Han) passing the torch to a new triumvirate (Finn, Rey and Poe) There’s even an analogy-completing shot of one character handing a lightsaber to another (and it [looks just like Luke’s](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/star-wars-anh-luke-lightsaber-promo-2.jpg "undefined") first lightsaber, built by Anakin Skywalker before he fell to the Dark Side).  Lucasfilm/Disney; Gif by Joseph C. Lin for TIME **2.** That shot of the Imperial Stormtroopers in front of the red flag? That’s a different logo than the Empire of old—and over to the left, black TIE Fighters! This is a sign _The Force Awakens_ might involve what’s known in the expanded _Star Wars_ lore as the Remnant, a group of Empire loyalists who banded together after the events of _Return of the Jedi_ (But all that didn’t officially happen. Anymore, anyway. Long story.) The shot’s also got a very evil, Nazi Germany vibe.  Lucasfilm/Disney; Gif by Joseph C. Lin for TIME **3.** Kylo Ren, the movie’s Bad Dude, still looks super evil. But we don’t know much about him yet. There’s a shot showing somebody unveiling Darth Vader’s destroyed mask—could that be Ren paying homage to a lost hero of the Dark Side? (But that shot could also be Luke paying respect to his dead father, so who knows).  Lucasfilm/Disney; Gif by Joseph C. Lin for TIME **4.** The sequence involving Finn’s reaction to a small attack fighter shooting people in what looks to be a ship’s hangar bay feels very telling. My guess is that Finn (who we saw in trailer #1 sporting a stormtrooper outfit) was a stormtrooper who decided to abandon his post after witnessing some kind of Imperial treachery. That would explain why he’s seen running for his life in the first trailer. This theory also fits in nicely with what the actor who plays Finn, John Boyega, said Thursday on stage at Star Wars: Celebration.  Lucasfilm/Disney; Gif by Joseph C. Lin for TIME **5\.** HAN AND CHEWIE ARE BACK, GUYS!  Lucasfilm/Disney; Gif by Joseph C. Lin for TIME _The Force Awakens_ hits theaters in the U.S. on Dec. 18. _Read next:_ [_This Is the Company Behind the Coolest New_ ](http://time.com/3826420/bob-iger-star-wars-sphero/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[Star Wars _Character_](http://time.com/3826420/bob-iger-star-wars-sphero/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ### See the Concept Art For the Original Star Wars Movie Trilogy  C-3PO and R2-D2 Courtesy of Lucasfilm  The Millenium Falcon Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Y-Wings line up against the Death Star Courtesy of Lucasfilm  An X-Wing versus TIE fighters Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Echo Base Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Battle of Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Battle of Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Cloud City of Bespin Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke versus Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Dagobah Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's Palace Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's Palace Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus a rancor Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's fall Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Endor Courtesy of Lucasfilm  B-Wings Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus Emperor Palpatine Courtesy of Lucasfilm [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3825513/star-wars-trailer-force-awakens/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3825513/star-wars-trailer-force-awakens/"},"headline":"See the 5 Most Important Scenes in the New Star Wars Trailer","datePublished":"2015-04-16T18:39:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:32.285Z","description":"And watch the whole thing","url":"https://time.com/3825513/star-wars-trailer-force-awakens/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","Teaser","Trailer","watch"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/3825513/star-wars-trailer-force-awakens/","name":"See the 5 Most Important Scenes in the New Star Wars Trailer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2","description":"Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2eKGIE6L/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-16T18:16:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2eKGIE6L.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3825513/star-wars-trailer-force-awakens/","duration":"PT1M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3825513/star-wars-trailer-force-awakens/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```