Star Wars : The Force Awakens is set 30 years after Return of the Jedi .
The film Star Wars : The Force Awakens is set 20 years after Return of the Jedi and follows the search of Rey , Finn and Poe Dameron for Luke Skywalker and the Resistance , led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance , against Kylo Ren and the First Order , a successor organization to the Galactic Empire .
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