But did he divulge anything that would spoil the show? Of course not. Or maybe he did. Either way, watch Colbert's comedic wit painted on a pretty ridiculous plot for the film. Or is it really that ridiculous?

His take:

“It has been three decades since the events of the original trilogy. The dark and mysterious First Order has stepped into the power vacuum once held by the Empire.

And the newly named Resistance fights in place of the Rebel Alliance, which has begun a tragic shift to the dark side. But John Boyega’s character is in a Stormtrooper, so it follows that now the new New Hope comes from the very enemy we’ve been trained to hate.

Remember, the Dark Side was never explicitly tied to the Empire; the Force itself exists outside of mere temporal authority structures so I predict that dark becomes light, light becomes dark, and the very fabric of the Force is stretched to its limit as a new generation emerges to tear down the false distinctions of the past and unite all of us: old and new, moisture farmers and nerf herders, star and wars, once and for all, bringing peace to the galaxy.”

Seems pretty legit