"Star Wars Journey to the Force Awakens - Shattered Empire", a book aimed to bridge the gap between "Stars Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" and the upcoming film "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens", has been revealed with a new cover featuring the principal characters in the Star Wars universe.

The Phil Noto artwork features Luke Skywalker, Princes Leia Organa, Lando, Chewbacca and the adorable droid duo of C-3PO & R2D2. The book is expected to detail their stories in the years following the collapse of the Galactic Empire.

According to Adam Chitwood of Comics blog site The Collider, the "Star Wars Force Awakens" will provide interesting hints about the characters and the plot of Episode VII, and at the same time, leave a lot of questions that can only be answered in the latest chapter of the most popular science-fiction franchise of all time.

"Will this comic series fill in the gaps between where we find the characters at the end of Jedi and where we pick up with them in The Force Awakens? I don't imagine Abrams would let a comic series ruin the intrigue of his film, but I bet some dots will be connected in the comic," Chitwood explained.

"Star Wars Journey to the Force Awakens - Shattered Empire" is set for release in September this year, three months before the worldwide premier of "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" on December 18th.

Meanwhile, Disney might have absorbed a big blow when it came to maintaining secrecy on the production of the upcoming "Star Wars" film as description of the opening scene of Episode VII has reportedly been leaked online, according to International Business Times.

Fan Website Making Star Wars claims to have leaked the opening scene of the "Star Wars" movie, and a major portion of the leaked information involves the film's main characters: Rey and John Boyega.

"In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rey is introduced while scavenging the innards of a huge Star Destroyer that has crashed on the planet's surface, probably years before Rey steps into it...

"Later on in the film after Rey and Finn take their flight in the Falcon is where we get the IMAX sequences. The Falcon is chased by TIE Fighters and we apparently move by some familiar landmarks in the film's one-sun desert setting.

"This is the big chase and action sequence which dominates the film's first act. TIEs are in hot pursuit of the Falcon as it rockets away from the salvage station. Rey and BB-8 pilot the ship. Finn gets on the Falcon's turret. There's a lot of banter between the two and to an extent they don't seem to really know what they're doing. But most of all, Finn is rather inept.

"As TIEs shoot at the Falcon, Rey has to ask Finn if he plans on "answering back." Its a situation he can't talk himself out of and he has figure out how to use the turret and actually hit one. To save their skins, Rey pilots them into the insides of the giant crashed Star Destroyer she was scavenging from during her introduction sequence. The Falcon and the TIEs "slalom" around debris and the insides of the downed ship, eventually losing their persuers," details Making Star Wars.

As for the second trailer of "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens", Latino Review reported that it may coincide with the premiere of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" on May 1. In the meantime, check out the first trailer below.