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Jul 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Star Wars

The big Comic-Con panel for Star Wars: The Force Awakens just went down. While there were no big revelations about the Star Wars series, such as who has been cast as a young Han Solo in the just announced Star Wars prequel centered on the character, and no new trailer was screened, a behind-the-scenes video was shown and then immediately released to the Internet. You can watch it below.

The video shows off that the film was shot on real sets with as many practical effects as possible (as opposed to computer animation) and was actually shot on film. It features interviews with various cast members, including Mark Hamill, and shows off many beloved Star Wars creatures. It also reveals that big time Star Wars fan Simon Pegg has a cameo in the film, although he’ll be unrecognizable in an alien costume.

Hoping to wash away the bad aftertaste left by George Lucas’ poorly received Star Wars prequels, director J.J. Abrams will take us back to that far, far away galaxy on December 18th, when Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens. A sequel to 1983’s Return of the Jedi, the movie is set around 30 years later and brings back all the major cast from the original trilogy (including Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker), as well as new cast members John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, Crystal Clarke, Pip Anderson, Christina Chong and Miltos Yerolemou. Check out the behind-the-scenes video below.