Now George Lucas‘s reaction to seeing the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer is starting to make a bit more sense. Recently the Star Wars creator confirmed that he was working on a new set of sequels before he sold the rights to Disney. In addition to transferring ownership of Star Wars, Lucas also gave his ideas and plot outlines for future sequels.

Lucas has had a hand in the stories for all of the Star Wars films, but The Force Awakens will be the first film that is not based on Lucas’s ideas. At first Michael Arndt was hired to write a draft, based on those initial ideas, before the sale was made. The script would put greater focus on the new characters that would be introduced in the film, with the characters from the original trilogy acting as secondary characters. However, he was suddenly taken off the project, and director J.J. Abrams took over writing the script with Lawrence Kasdan. Hit the jump for more.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens already tops many critics most anticipated lists, and with good reason. But the latest news is giving us another reason to be excited for this very highly anticipated film.

If the reports are true, three of the principle actors from The Raid and The Raid 2: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian (who played Mad Dog and Prakoso in the films), and Cecep Arif Rahman (who played “The Assassin” and had a fight scene towards the end of The Raid 2) have roles in the film, and could be involved in a much larger capacity. And if you have seen either of Gareth Evans’ films, that means the action sequences in J.J. Abrams‘ upcoming movie should be awesome. Hit the jump for the full report.

It has finally arrived. After months of shooting, and even more months of anxiously awaiting the official title, the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has finally arrived. In this 88-second trailer not only are we learning more about the film, but our anticipation has just gone up more than a few notches.

Watch the teaser here below!!

We still don’t know the full plot, but what we do know is that the film will take place years after the events of Return of the Jedi, and will see the return of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. They will all be joined by new characters played by John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow.

One of the series that has been under development over at HBO is Westworld, which is inspired by the 1973 movie of the same that was directed by author Michael Crichton.

The series comes from Interstellar writer Jonathan Nolan, who will write, direct, and executive produce the series. Also executive producing is J.J. Abrams. The movie followed people visiting a theme park run by robots that simulate the wild west, medieval times, and Roman times when something malfunctions and two guests find themselves being stalked by a cowboy android. The series is described as being a “dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin.”

You can see who will star in the HBO series and watch a couple of brief teasers below.

Principal photography for Star Wars: Episode VII wrapped last Friday, but it still left fans wondering what the subtitle of the film will be. If anything the Star Wars titles tell us a lot about the film, but considering how secretive director J.J. Abrams can be and how tight security was on set, whatever the subtitle is revealed to be, it will only be a look through a very small keyhole.

The official Star Wars twitter account tweeted out a very interesting image today that reveals the full name of this much-awaited sequel.