Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American
epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by
J. J. Abrams. The seventh installment in the main
Star Wars film series, it stars
Harrison Ford,
Mark Hamill,
Carrie Fisher,
Adam Driver,
Daisy Ridley,
John Boyega,
Oscar Isaac,
Lupita Nyong'o,
Andy Serkis,
Domhnall Gleeson,
Anthony Daniels,
Peter Mayhew, and
Max von Sydow. Produced by
Lucasfilm and Abrams'
Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures,
The Force Awakens is set about 30 years after
Return of the Jedi; it follows
Rey,
Finn, and
Poe Dameron's search for
Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance, led by veterans of the
Rebel Alliance, against
Kylo Ren and the
First Order, successor to the
Galactic Empire.