John Boyega may be a new name in Hollywood, but he's slated to become a mainstream star as Star Wars: The Force Awakes hits cinemas.

In Star Wars' latest teaser, Boyega has been featured well and enough to generate buzz for the budding actor.

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Audiences got a sneak peek of him at the first 25 seconds of the video, where a frightening voice says "there's been awakening."

And then, Boyega appears, startled, sweaty in his Stormtrooper suit.

Fans who have been following the Star Wars saga for decades just can't stop holding there breath for what's really in stored for them.

While we don't know what does this mean (only director J.J. Abrams do), we can expect that Boyega will play a crucial role in the latest Star Wars installment.

Born to Nigerian parents in London on March 17, 1992, Boyega started performing in school productions before getting trained at Identity Drama School in Hackney. He then appeared in plays, such as Six Parties at the National Theatre and Category B at the Tricycle Theatre before making his film debut in 2011 in Attack the Block.

In 2011, he was featured in Junkhearts, where his role saw him as a drug dealer who discovered and tried to sell some guns.

In the same year, Fionnuala Halligan of Screen International named him one of the "UK Stars of Tomorrow 2011," appearing alongside only two other actors on the front cover of that magazine.

In March 2012, Boyega appeared in the movie version of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun.

On April 29, 2014, it was confirmed that Boyega will play a major role in the Star Wars Episode VII. 

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