The first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be available on iTunes on Friday, it has been confirmed.
The news broke on the official Star Wars Twitter feed. It follows the announcement earlier this week that footage from JJ Abrams’ debut instalment in the long-running space saga will screen at 30 cinemas in the US and Canada on 28 November.
Abrams himself described the footage as an “early 88-second tease” and a “tiny peek at what we’re working on”. It had always seemed likely that rights holder Disney would release the teaser online as well as in cinemas, with the studio keen to avoid poor quality leaks from over-zealous fans recording on mobile phones.
The Force is with you on #BlackFriday when #TheForceAwakens teaser hits @iTunesTrailers.
— Star Wars (@starwars) November 26, 2014
The Force Awakens has developed unprecedented levels of hype since Disney announced it was making a new Star Wars trilogy in the wake of a $4bn (£2.53bn) purchase of all rights to the saga in October 2012. The new film will see Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford returning to the classic roles of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo from the original Star Wars trilogy, with Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Max von Sydow, John Boyega and Andy Serkis also joining the cast along with British newcomers Daisy Ridley and Pip Andersen. Abrams’s film is due for release in December 2015.
