Watch - New Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer

The trailer premiered at this year's Star Wars Celebration. Back home, Irish fans were out in force at Dundrum cinema to watch the action on the big screen

The new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has arrived. It was premiered at this year's Star Wars Celebration, the annual fan event held at California's Anaheim Convention Center.

A panel discussion opened the four-day convention featuring director JJ Abrams and producer Kathleen Kennedy and also featured appearances by Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels from the original trilogy and newcomers Oscar Isaac, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. Full coverage of the event is streaming for the next three days and can be seen over at StarWars.com

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is released on December 18th. The new trailer for the movie can be seen below

John Lane

John Lane

John Lane is a production journalist at The Irish Times