Watch New Star Wars Featurette About the Female Stars of The Force Awakens

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens only a couple of days from release, and rave reviews coming in thick and fast, the last few promotional videos are being released. The latest focuses upon some of the film's new female characters. Check it out below:

In a new interview for Slashfilm, director JJ Abrams discussed how the development of The Force Awakens might impact on the direction of the story in the subsequent parts. "There are countless times we came up with something and said 'oh, this would be so great for Episode 8!' or 'Thats what we could get to in 9!'. It was just that kind of forward moving story," he explained.

"But we knew this had to neither be a backwards moving nostalgic trip only nor a beginning of a movie without a satisfying conclusion, and that was part of the balancing act--embracing what we have inherited and using that where and whenever possible to tell a story that hasn't been seen yet."

"We also knew that certain things were inevitable in our minds, but that didn't mean it would be inevitable for whoever came in next. When Rian [Johnson, director of Episode 8], who I admire enormously, came on board, we met and talked with him about all the things we were working on and playing with. And he is a spectacular writer and director, he has taken those things and has written an amazing script that I think will be an incredible next chapter."

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on December 18, 2015. It also stars John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill.