The first full trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" premiered during the halftime show of ESPN's "Monday Night Football" and featured the conflict with Dark Side.
The teaser lured fans of the George Lucas' iconic franchise to the New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles game on the sports network, which like Lucasfilm, is owned by Disney.
The slow-moving and dramatic trailer featured Poe (Oscar Isaac), Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega), along with sweeping images of battle scenes and lightsaber action.
In one snippet, Harrison Ford's Hans Solo and Chewbacca are seen with their hands over their heads.
Monday evening also marked the launch of advance ticket sales for J.J. Abrams' vision, with them becoming available online at Fandango and Movietickets.com. Tickets were not supposed to go on sale until after the new "Force Awakens" trailer aired. However, they went live around two hours before the teaser hit small screens, with many fans suffering slow response times or flat-out crashes as the platforms were flooded.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will have its world premiere in Los Angeles on Dec. 14 — 38 years after George Lucas' original "Star Wars" debuted at Hollywood's Chinese Theatre in May 1977.
To commence the countdown for the trailer's launch, Disney released the sequel's official theatrical poster on Sunday, and the new artwork immediately became a trending topic on Twitter.
