Set thirty years after Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens follows Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Han Solo 's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight in the Resistance, led by General Leia Organa and veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire .

30 years after the fall of Darth Vader and the Empire, a young scavenger on the planet Jakku comes across a BB-8 droid in the middle of the desert. When the First Order come looking for it, Rey finds herself on a wild journey that thrusts her into the middle of a burgeoning war between the Resistance, the First Order, and her destiny.