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'SNL' Mocks 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Trailer With Geriatric Original Actors

Aly Weisman   

'SNL' Mocks 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Trailer With Geriatric Original Actors
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The 88-second trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has amassed more than 44 million YouTube views since its release on November 28th.

"Saturday Night Live" mocked the trailer by imagining what the original characters - Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo - will look like on film today.

Princess Leia, originally played by actress Carrie Fisher, is now wearing reading glasses.

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NBC/"Saturday Night Live"

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Harrison Ford's Han Solo character is now hard-of-hearing and mildly confused.

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NBC/"Saturday Night Live"

Chewbacca is forced to wear a surgery cone.

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NBC/"Saturday Night Live"

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And Luke Skywalker, who was played by Mark Hamill, now has a lightsaber walker and a thyroid problem.

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NBC/"Saturday Night Live"

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NBC/"Saturday Night Live"

Watch the full "SNL" trailer here.

The new "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens," directed by J.J. Abrams, opens on December 18, 2015.

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