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Star Wars breaks barriers

Do NOT watch the following video if you don’t want to know what’s up in Star Wars The Force Awakens before you see it. If that’s not enough to deter you, by all means, indulge in the following. “And we were equally blown away by the advance ticket sales”. Regardless of who in your household placed the pre-order, I feel pretty certain that The Force Awakens is a four-quadrant film. Fans in Norway braved sub-zero temperatures to purchase their tickets early.

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More than 16 million watched during the broadcast of ESPN’s Monday Night Football and a further 112 million fans viewed it on YouTube.

“We’re not sold out yet, but the first day is already close and it won’t take long – it’s only October and at the speed they’re selling, there won’t be any tickets available by December 17”.

Tracking back history, when “Star Wars: A New Hope” was released in 1977, the country was just emerging from the Cultural Revolution and no Western entertainment landed the Chinese soil.

Bookings opened on Monday and a record number of 2 299 tickets were snapped up. It reported that in the United Kingdom, more than 200,000 tickets were purchased on day one. “There were cheers and there were tears from fans young and old”. Since Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to debut on December 18, 2015, Starz will be premium, or pay-TV home viewing option for the movie in the U.S.

Adds the note from Lucasfilm on StarWars.com: “The Force. Even if someone says the movie is bad, you’re still going to see it for yourself _ and you’ll see it on a big screen and you’ll probably see it again”.

A must-see supercut video for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” combines all three trailers and a few Comic-Con clips together into one epic trailer.

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The film, part of which was shot on Skellig Michael off the Kerry coast, stars members of the original cast, including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher, as well as a string of new stars, including Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson.

Supercut Combines All The Footage We've Seen From 'Star Wars: The Force