2014’s most anticipated geek trailer, the very first official look at Star Wars: Episode VII ‘The Force Awakens’, is finally here.

The trailer is nothing more than a small taste of what is to come, but it is a geektastic infused chunk of midichlorian goodness.

Watch the goosebump inducing trailer below and let us know what you think.

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The teaser trailer offers enough to presumptuously conclude that  J.J. Abrams and company are returning to the saga’s  core values, with practical effects, droids and a movie that looks like it will really feel like the ‘Star Wars’ of old.

Unlike early rumours, the teaser does not give audiences a look at returning franchise veterans like Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa or even Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. Instead, the teaser offers a glimpse of the new movie’s hero (John Boyega) who is seen wearing an Imperial Stormtrooper suit. It also offers a look at the film’s heroine (Daisy Ridley) and is narrated by the new villain, a Sith Lord who is cloaked in black throughout the teaser trailer and has one of the coolest Lightsabers yet seen in a Star Wars film.

In lieu of faces of old friends, the teaser does offer a fantastic showcase of one of the most famous spaceships in movie history – the Millennium Falcon, whose graceful moves along the surface of Tatooine are overtured by John Williams’ enigmatic score. The result is a great teaser trailer that simply has us begging for more.

[Source: Empire Online, YouTube]

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