Speed across the Jakku desert from Star Wars: The Force Awakens with this immersive 360 experience created exclusively for Facebook.

Posted by Star Wars on Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Facebook announced recently new 360 degree videos coming to your newsfeed. Brands participating in the new experience are Star WarsDiscoveryGoProLeBron James & Uninterrupted, NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and Vice. These videos will let you explore everything around you during the playback. And good news,  STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS is the first video with this new experience. 

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” releases in U.S. theaters on December 18, 2015.

About “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” 

Lucasfilm and visionary director J.J. Abrams join forces to take you back again to a galaxy far, far away as “Star Wars” returns to the big screen with “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Max Von Sydow. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk are producing with Tommy Harper and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by J.J. Abrams & Lawrence Kasdan.