30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983), a new threat known as the First Order has risen from the ashes of the Empire. A scavenger named Rey comes into contact with a droid that contains a map to the legendary Luke Skywalker, who has vanished. Rey and a rogue stormtrooper named Finn find themselves in a monumental conflict between good and evil, that will see faces old and new.