Though each and every new trailer and TV spot has delivered small pieces of new footage, we still know very little about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. So far everyone has made some sort of educated guess as to the actual plot of the film. Of course there are only a few outside of those who are close to the production who know that The Force Awakens is really about, and most of us will just have to wait until the film comes out to see how the start of the new trilogy unfolds. But as we impatiently wait those few weeks until the film’s release, a slew of new images have now popped up online, and they reveal some plot points, but it doesn’t quite spoil anything since none of the footage we have seen has managed to be spoilery.

That being said, with these new images comes some very revealing details about the characters themselves. And these details aren’t your average magazine puff pieces; they provide some insight into the characters, their motivations, and much more. Check all of that out below.

We are less than 40 days away from the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the anticipation for this film has yet to peak. With all the new trailers and TV spots being released, it’s hard not to stay spoiled. But before you go on a Star Wars blackout until December 17, you might want to consider taking a look at J.J. Abrams’ journey from taking the film from page to screen.

In a new interview with Wired, the director talks about trying to figure out the story for The Force Awakens and using some of the lessons he has learned from past mistakes to not only shape the story, but also to become a better writer. Check out what he had to say here below.

While director J.J. Abrams has been saying that the third trailer will be the last for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it appears that didn’t necessarily count for international versions. There’s a new Japanese version of the trailer, and it features a few new scenes and a bit more dialogue from Daisy Ridley‘s Rey. It also seems that the new droid in town BB-8 doesn’t necessarily belong to Rey.

Check out the Japanese trailer here below.

Recently a hashtag campaign was started called #ForceForDaniel in an attempt to get the attention of Disney, Lucasfilm, and director J.J. Abrams in hopes of getting a special early screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens for Daniel Fleetwood, a 32-year-old Star Wars fan who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and given only two months to live back in July.

When he started feeling like he wasn’t going to make it to the movie’s December release, the hashtag was created to ask for help. It caught on and got to the right eyes, with stars of the movie like Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, and John Boyega sharing the hashtag on their own social media accounts before it finally got to the “powers that be,” as Hamill put it.

By now you must already know that J.J. Abrams is behind a little film called Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ve only been talking about it for the past two years. And as such, we’ve been covering the marketing campaign from beginning to end. Some of it has been really fun. Others have been charitable. So as we reach these last seven weeks before the film’s release, the marketing campaign will likely only get more intense. But it will still be a lot of fun to cover.

Case in point, Abrams’ latest Q&A with Vanity Fair, where The Force Awakens director answer those questions pertaining Star Wars, Lost, Cloverfield 2, and more. Check out all of his hilarious answers in the video here below.