There is `scarier` Death Star in `Star Wars: The Force Awakens`

The new Star Wars movie is the seventh in the series and it takes place 30 years after the Return of the Jedi.

In another except from Entertainment Weekly’s Star Wars coverage, director J.J.

Wow! We know full well that the Death Star was capable of destroying planets (R.I.P. Alderaan), so where do we even go from there? Can this thing level entire star systems? The latter would be very topical in this day and age given the whole Snowden/NSA controversy … but now we’re digressing. EW reports that Domhnall Gleeson’s General Hux, one of the leaders of the First Order – a.k.a. the remains of the Galactic Empire – isn’t on the best of terms with Kylo Ren, the film’s red lightsaber-toting representative from the Dark Side. “He’s pretty ruthless. A strong disciplinarian would be a mild way of putting it”. “They have their own relationship, which is individual and unusual”, he explained. Slashfilm put in the legwork on this one and discovered that it’s just a minute less at 135 minutes. Both of them are packed with tiny never-before-seen footage from Rey beating up a Jakku-dweller to Han and Chewie taking potshots at the enemy. Otherwise, come on it to see a few of the most telling moments from the Star Wars TV spots.

What is being dubbed “Season of the Force” will include the opening of the Star Wars Launch Bay and characters and adventures from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” incorporated into Star Tours – The Adventures Continue.

Abrams has also revealed that Carrie Fisher’s Leia will not be referred to as “Princess” in the film, but has instead been given a new, more military-sounding title. May the force be with you until then.