The release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is just a little over a month away, and we're slowly learning more tidbits about the highly anticipated movie.
Entertainment Weekly recently released a large feature on the new film filled with interviews from director J.J. Abrams and cast and crew members.
The issue is a must-read for fans.
Keep reading to see a few of the biggest things we learned about the new film.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is two hours and 15 minutes long.
The final runtime makes it one of the shortest "Star Wars" movies. "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" is the shortest at two hours and seven minutes while prequel film "Attack of the Clones" is the longest of the seven films at two hours and 22 minutes.
Rey was abandoned on Jakku.
The new lead actress of "The Force Awakens" was left on the desert planet at the age of five.
"There was no one really guiding her,"Ridley says. "She's never sat around a table and had a meal with someone else. She has a boss, she has someone to answer to, she has to trade the junk for food, and that’s how it has to be. She works to feed herself, and she goes to sleep, and she gets up again. It is a sad life."
There's more to BB-8 than being a cute little droid.
Sure the new ball droid is pretty adorable, but there just may be more to him than meets the eye.
"We always imagined BB-8 as being quite manipulative," creature shop head Neal Scanlan tells EW. "I think he knows he's cute. He knows that he can win people over. And he uses that the way children do, to get his own way. In this film, he has a very important mission to accomplish, and so he uses his personality [to his advantage]."
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