--- title: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' TV Spot Shows New Footage description: A new 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' TV spot provides another glimpse into the next part of the epic space saga canonical: https://time.com/4104078/star-wars-tv-spot/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-08T15:35:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:26:13.301Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch the first 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' TV Spot og:description: "Every generation has a story" og:url: https://time.com/4104078/star-wars-tv-spot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd833a47ede46e7f/69887012cd1bbaaaac6fe01d/starwars5535302470ea1.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Star Wars: The Force Awakens..Ph: Film Frame..©Lucasfilm 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the first 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' TV Spot twitter:description: "Every generation has a story" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd833a47ede46e7f/69887012cd1bbaaaac6fe01d/starwars5535302470ea1.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # First _Star Wars_ TV Spot Shows Off New Footage  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Nov 8, 2015 3:35 PM UTC  Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force AwakensDisney/Lucasfilm  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Nov 8, 2015 3:35 PM UTC The new _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ TV spot provides another glimpse into the next part of the epic space saga, in theaters next month. Many of the characters have already been revealed, but the video offers new and impressive visuals sure to excite any fan of the franchise. The 30-second commercial begins with a shot of the Millenium Falcon flying over an vista and includes lead actors Harrison Ford, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and others. The franchise’s newest droid, BB-8, also features prominently. “Every generation has a story,” the tagline reads as a familiar John Williams score plays in the background. Watch the new teaser above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4104078/star-wars-tv-spot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4104078/star-wars-tv-spot/"},"headline":"First Star Wars TV Spot Shows Off New Footage","datePublished":"2015-11-08T15:35:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:26:13.301Z","description":"\"Every generation has a story\"","url":"https://time.com/4104078/star-wars-tv-spot/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd833a47ede46e7f/69887012cd1bbaaaac6fe01d/starwars5535302470ea1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd833a47ede46e7f/69887012cd1bbaaaac6fe01d/starwars5535302470ea1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens..Ph: Film Frame..©Lucasfilm 2015","caption":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens..Ph: Film Frame..©Lucasfilm 2015","creditText":"Disney/Lucasfilm","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/4104078/star-wars-tv-spot/","name":"First Star Wars TV Spot Shows Off New Footage"}}]}] ```