--- description: You'll have to go to a theater to see the Episode VII trailer starting Black Friday title: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Trailer Will Debut This Weekend 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 # _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Trailer to Debut This Weekend  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:15 PM CUTPublished: Nov 24, 2014 6:27 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:15 PM CUTPublished: Nov 24, 2014 6:27 PM CUT The trailer for the new _Star Wars_ movie is coming soon, but you won’t get to watch it from your computer screen while munching on Thanksgiving leftovers — you’ll have to actually get out of the house and pay money to see it. This Friday, the 88-second trailer for J.J. Abrams’ _Episode VII_ will debut before movies playing at 30 different theaters across the country, [according to Lucasfilm](http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-tease-theater-list "undefined"). While [_The Verge_ points out](http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/24/7275513/disneys-limited-star-wars-vii-trailer-debut-strategy-is-a-mess "undefined") that the choice to show in a few select cities around the U.S. won’t reach the same audience as an online trailer would, Thanksgiving weekend is established as a huge weekend for moviegoers. _Star Wars: The Force Awakens,_ which will feature several original cast members (including Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher) reprising their iconic roles, hits theaters Dec. 18, 2015. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3602802/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3602802/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens-trailer/"},"headline":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer to Debut This Weekend","datePublished":"2014-11-24T18:27:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T23:15:48.000Z","description":"You'll have to go to a theater to see the Episode VII trailer starting Black Friday","url":"https://time.com/3602802/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","star wars: the force awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"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/3602802/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens-trailer/","name":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer to Debut This Weekend"}}]}] ```