The film was produced by Abrams, his longtime collaborator Bryan Burk, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. The film is the first Star Wars film to not extensively involve franchise creator George Lucas, who only served as a creative consultant in the early stages of production. The film was announced after The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012. The ensemble cast includes Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow. Set thirty years after Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens follows Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Han Solo's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight in the Resistance, led by General Leia Organa and veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire. The sequel to Return of the Jedi (1983), it is the seventh film in the ' Skywalker Saga'. 'We see what fits and we see what kind of works for toys, the story and for the brand.Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J.

'We work very, very closely with Lucasfilm, right from the very beginning.' We get to play in that,' said Evans, speaking with FastCoDesign this week. 'The Star Wars universe is an expansive one. No detail was to be included in any toy – in text descriptions, outfit, weapons, or otherwise – without Lucasfilm's close scrutiny.

While some details in these action figures and toy sets have revealed tiny details about characters in the film, Hasbro worked closely with Lucasfilm to ensure security.

They are, in fact, only from 'the first third of the film.' The detail they'd reveal about the film, not the detail in their plastic. He revealed that the Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys released thus far had been purposefully restricted in their detail.

Steve Evans, Hasbro's design director for their Star Wars line of toys, spoke this week on the future of the toy line. As you may have guessed, the Star Wars merchandise revealed for The Force Awakens thus far is not the full shebang.

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