Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a work.
Bad Robot Productions ( more commonly known as Bad Robot ) is an American film and television production company owned by J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk . Creative consultant is a credit that has - particularly in the past - been given to screenwriters who have consulted on a movie screenplay . Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Abrams ' production company Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures , The Force Awakens marks a break in creative control from the original series as the first Star Wars film not produced by franchise creator George Lucas .