Watch ‘Star Wars’ 360 Video Of Jakku, New Feature Debuts On Facebook

Those are all well and good, but the best one is the minute-long video that builds a first-person ride from the trailer shot from Star Wars. “We’re excited to see more innovative and compelling 360 videos being shared from these publishers”.

Star Wars/FacebookThe view from your new desert speedster. A short clip has been released promoting the highly anticipated next chapter in the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Well, thanks to Facebook’s support for 360-degree video, you can see planet Jakku from Rey’s perspective as she speeds past the crash site. Created by ILM’s virtual reality lab, it’s not clear how closely it ties into the film’s story, though the spaceship graveyard does look awfully familiar, and your hear BB-8 at the end.

And it seems to be working, because on “Force Friday”, fans have been queuing in front of shops across the world to be one of the first to get their hands on the new merch.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” star John Boyega admitted the script for the latest installment brought tears to his eyes, discussed the intensive training he endured for the part and more in a new interview with GQ. The social giant foresees expanding the feature to all user-shared video, although today capturing 360-degree video requires a specialized camera array. Lucasfilm and Disney have obliged us with this interactive experience posted on Facebook. The character of Rey is a scavenger on the desert planet of Jakku where this battle took place, the same battle that will be available as DLC for Electronic Arts’ Star Wars: Battlefront early this December. Be sure to tell us your experience if you used other browsers like Internet Explorer or Firefox.

The 23-year-old said he was “unleashed into seven months of auditions” before being cast in the role by director J.J. Abrams.