HELLO GUYSS , THIS TIME I WANT TO SHARE Movie STARWARS Episode VII The Force Awakens . Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ) is a 2015 American epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by J. J. Abrams . The seventh installment in the main Star Wars film series, it stars 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 . Produced by Lucasfilm and Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures , The Force Awakens is set 30 years after Return of the Jedi ; it follows Rey , Finn , and Poe Dameron 's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance, led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance , against Kylo Ren and the First Order , a group that is the succe