Courtesy of the official YouTube page for the Academy Awards, a VFX video for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has hit the web.

www.youtube.com/watch

I was really gobsmacked to see how many shots were in camera, and how many elements were digital. HINT: not all the ones you’d expect.

Basically, JJ Abrams did here what George Lucas and ILM did with the original trilogy. No wonder it felt so goddamned good to watch.

UPDATE: Here’s a mirror!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ5zQw6ZFqA&feature=youtu.be

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is in theaters now.