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It’s also likely that the dialogue has just been directly lifted from Return of the Jedi which would explain the tense. Someone has even compared the sound from both speeches. Because internet.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/17/the-force-awakens-craziest-rumours-star-wars
This screenshot from the trailer, which shows a lightsaber being handed over, looks to include a non-human hand, allegedly from a character played by Lupita Nyong’o.
spindrift
Is he though?
Voice over (assuming Mark Hamill):
"The force is strong in my family"
"My father has it"
"I have it"
etc etc
Present tense... innit.