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Let the speculation about his lightsaber skills begin!

Come of the new Star Wars clip, stay for the John Williams Star Wars score tribute introduced by Harrison Ford.

Images of what may be Episode VII's Stormtrooper helmets have popped up online and they look, well, a little different. The top image is what may be either a Snow or Scout Trooper, and the bottom appears to be a standard Stormtrooper helmet.

Do You Like the New Stormtrooper Helmets?

We still don't know who she's playing, but we do now know what her character looks like. Carrie Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, assures that she isn't playing a "young Leia" but she does share the iconic hairstyle of the Alderaan Princess.



This month's People Magazine also features a heavily Photoshopped cover photo of the cast.

"Are there any of you that think this is going to be a lousy movie?" "NO!"

The year was 1999, and nobody yet knew the prequels were garbage. Throngs of Star Wars fans stood outside theaters in line for hours, waiting to see a movie they thought was going to be fantastic. Imagine their disappointment a few hours later when they walked out of that theater. That could be you in just over a week, when The Force Awakens is finally released. Maybe it won't be bad, maybe it will, but there's nothing like seeing footage of enthusiastic fans ahead of The Phantom Menace to put a damper on your hopes for this new film.

Speaking of enthusiastic fans, there are people lined up outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood right now waiting for the release of The Force Awakens, and they've been there since December 5th. Yes, the year is still 2015, and they could have very well just pressed a button on their phones to get tickets, but for these people, that isn't the point.

These fans are part of an event put on by Liningup.net that has been helping people stand in line to wait to see Star Wars since the first prequel premiered. For them, the event is an opportunity to come together and celebrate the films as a community: "We could reserve our seats online, and show up 5 minutes before midnight. For the vast majority of moviegoers, that will be their experience: sterile, passionless, and without any human interaction. But that is not what the Star Wars experience is all about." People at the event have to spend a minimum of 24 hours in line before the movie premieres to earn two tickets to see the film. Thankfully, they can spread these hours out over as many days as they need, otherwise these folks would probably smell worse than a tauntaun.

The event also benefits the Starlight Children's Foundation, which you can donate to online, or by texting either 'Jedi' or 'Sith' to 80000 in order to give $5.

Mark Hamill recently posted this pic of him on the set of the new Star Wars movie, and people are freaking out.

Hell yes! Mark Hamill is going to look freaking bad ass in the new Star Wars. pic.twitter.com/pd2rtDz5u0

— Elias Toufexis (@EliasToufexis) August 13, 2014

RT @HamillHimself: http://t.co/gXrksmhRtT - Looks like Luke is going to be rocking a Jedi beard! Can't help being excited for VII!!

— Andy Gray (@andrewsgray) August 13, 2014

Okay, this picture of Mark Hamill looking very Ben Kenobi is givin' me the goodtimes. pic.twitter.com/wpEYkHcocd

— Matt Gourley (@MattGourley) August 13, 2014

No, really.