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Everything you need to know about 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'


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The wait is finally over.

It's Star Wars Month at USA TODAY and in honor of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by spending all of December celebrating the beloved film series. Check back here for exclusive interviews with the cast and creators of The Force Awakens, videos, quizzes and so much more. And as always, may the Force be with you.

So is The Force Awakens good or what?! USA TODAY's Brian Truitt reviews it:

Audiences thought it was pretty good, too:

Here's what you missed at the movie's world premiere:

Here's what the cast could tell us about the secretive film:

We also asked them the questions YOU wanted answers to:

Which Star Wars character are you? You can be any with our downloadable avatars:

Compare the Star Wars hype from 1977 to now:

And don't miss John Boyega doing impressions of his Force Awakens cast mates:

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'Star Wars': John Boyega's impressions of the cast
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" star John Boyega's impressions of the cast and crew
Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY

You can also catch up on the first six films in just three minutes with our supercut:

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'Star Wars' supercut: The Skywalker saga
Skywalker family history summed up in three minutes.
Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY

Some other helpful things to remember:

You can relive the original trilogy through these images from the films:

And the prequel trilogy, too:

And here are a few stills from The Force Awakens, too:

Show your Star Wars love in style:

Test your knowledge of the Force in our Star Wars quiz:

And if you're REALLY a superfan, maybe try our Star Wars genius-level quiz:

Like Star Wars AND video games? We can help you:

You can watch the official trailer (and other great videos) here:

Everyone is kind of freaking out about it, to be honest: