

It's easy to argue that Rey is the main hero of the bunch, and newcomer Daisy Ridley shines in the role. The movie doesn't wait long to introduce its new batch of heroes, and they come together in a manner that suggests the Force is still pulling strings behind the scenes. Abrams together over the years, but that also is an excellent summary of the way the characters collide in The Force Awakens.

She used it to describe the chance encounters that brought her, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and J.J. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy took the stage before the Force Awakens world premiere in Los Angeles on December 14th, and told three theaters' worth of audience members that Star Wars has always been about chance encounters.
