i'm bill whitaker. welcome to "60 minutes: a night at the movies."he director behind this past year's biggest blockbuster: "star wars: the force awakens." it's the first new "star wars" in a decade, and the first to be made without creator george lucas. nearly four years ago, lucas sold his empire to the walt disney company for $4 billion. enter j.j. abrams, the director hand-picked to re-ignite the fan fervor, and who -as we reported last december- wnd tremendous pressure to make sure disney's big bet pays off. he's been called the "steven spielberg" of his generation, and we learned spielberg helped get him the job. when abrams took us behind the scenes, we found a 49-year-old man fueled by a childlike enthusiasm for the magic of movies, and a movie that's going to hit some classic "star wars" notes. ♪ ♪ six weeks before the premiere, we dropped in on a hollywood scoring session for "the force awakens." ♪ ♪ composer john williams, who won an academy award for the first "star wars" film, was back, along with the iconic refrain he wrote 38 years ago.

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. >> bill whitaker: tonight, on this special edition of "60 minutes presents: a night at the movies": ♪ "star wars" is the most successful franchise in hollywood history. and for the first time, there's a new force behind it: j.j. abrams. >> energy and action! >> whitaker: tonight, we'll find out how he was chosen to direct "the force awakens", and how he hopes to please the fans waiting for the most anticipated movie of the year. >> nothing will stand in our way. >> whitaker: talk about the force. the fans are a force to be reckoned with. >> it's not the movie. it's a... it's bigger than all of us. it's a... it's almost a religion for people. >> leslie stahl: how do you think you did in this movie? rate yourself. >> michael caine: secretly with myself, i regarded it as the best thing i ever did. it was the most difficult. and the criterion for that is

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