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Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 20, 2015 3:36 PM UTC When the trailer for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ debuted Monday night, some of the film’s actors posted their reactions to the new clip from the movie, which comes out in theaters Dec. 18. Daisy Ridley (who plays Rey) just shrieked in bed: John Boyega (Finn) nods with approval, as though he was trying to contain his excitement. Then he just loses it and starts jumping up and down. As he writes in the caption of the Instagram video, “THE TRAILER IS JUST EEEEPPPPPPPIIIIICCCCCCC! Star Wars is back! gaaaaaad laaaaard!” That pretty much sums up how every other _Star Wars_ fan was feeling at that moment. **Read next:** * [Watch the New Trailer for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4078795/star-wars-7-trailer-watch-force-awakens/) * [Epic New Poster for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Unveiled](http://time.com/4077562/star-wars-force-awakens-poster/) * [The Most Shocking Revelation in the New _Star Wars_ Trailer](http://time.com/4079195/star-wars-trailer-revelation/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4079627/star-wars-actors-react-force-awakens-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4079627/star-wars-actors-react-force-awakens-trailer/"},"headline":"This is How Star Wars Actors Reacted to the New Force Awakens Trailer","datePublished":"2015-10-20T15:36:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:10.641Z","description":"The force is with them alright","url":"https://time.com/4079627/star-wars-actors-react-force-awakens-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf22fc3b47b464537/698868f5f887dc24b7e92ebd/screen-shot-2015-10-19-at-10-35-43-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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