Skip To Content
JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT.
The Schmooze

Behold, the Latest ‘Star Wars’ Trailer

Youtube

Oh my Han Solo. The new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” trailer has hit the internet.

The highly anticipated teaser was released on Thrursday during a panel discussion with director J.J. Abrams and the cast at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim, California. (What’s Jewish about “Star Wars”? Well, J.J Abrams, for one. Oh, and Harrison Ford’s maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Minsk.)

There are a lot of new faces, but the combination of a Luke Skywalker voice-over, the Millenium Falcon and Han and Chewie, together again, will surely be enough to satisfy any hard core fan.

Speaking of Han Solo, fans at the convention were anxious to get updates on Harrison Ford’s condition after his plane crash in March that saw him rushed to critical care. Abrams was happy to oblige.

“He’s doing great and he’s working hard,” he said. “I had respect for him all my life, but I’ve never had more respect for a guy until I saw how he landed that plane. He’s more of a hero in that move than in all the films he’s been in.”

May the Force be with you.

A message from our Publisher & CEO Rachel Fishman Feddersen

I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning, nonprofit journalism during this critical time.

We’ve set a goal to raise $260,000 by December 31. That’s an ambitious goal, but one that will give us the resources we need to invest in the high quality news, opinion, analysis and cultural coverage that isn’t available anywhere else.

If you feel inspired to make an impact, now is the time to give something back. Join us as a member at your most generous level.

—  Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO

With your support, we’ll be ready for whatever 2025 brings.

Republish This Story

Please read before republishing

We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free, unless it originated with JTA, Haaretz or another publication (as indicated on the article) and as long as you follow our guidelines. You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search.  See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs.

To republish, copy the HTML by clicking on the yellow button to the right; it includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to the Forward. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Please email us at [email protected], subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up.

We don't support Internet Explorer

Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site.