Attention hardcore Star Wars fanatics: If you were planning to attend a screening of The Force Awakens sporting that authentic Tusken Raider get-up or Stormtrooper armor you scored at an auction, you may want to opt for an R2-D2 T-shirt instead.
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Of the 403 movie screenings local theaters have scheduled for Friday, 120 of them are Star Wars.
“In his uncle’s basement in Colorado, JJ McClelland’s lifelong love for “Star Wars” was born”.
The theater had 12 showings Thursday and expected to sell most, if not all, of the tickets available.
Little fans of the movie got their photos taken with Chewbacca and a Storm Trooper.
Some experts say 70MM is worth seeing on the big screen because from an audience standpoint, it’s a much crisper, brighter, and ideally more uniform and stable image.
“We got tickets right when they went on sale in October and have been excited about it since it was announced”, Michael Labbe said.
For numerous celebrity guests in attendance, they wholeheartedly approved of director J.J. Abrams’ vision for the first new live-action “Star Wars” film in a decade.
“The way I see it is there is no such thing as a fake light saber”, said Noonan. Her friend, Antoinette Bara of South Hadley, disagreed saying, “Oh, I disagree with you”.
“Anything I saw that was Star Wars-related, I just avoided it”, Fowlkes said, wary of spoilers. “We let them in the theater at 4, just so we could avoid the lines and everybody could get their seats”.
Two die hard “Star Wars” fans made a decision to use the film’s opening night at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles to throw “Star Wars”-themed nuptials”. The theater did not appear to have a similar ban on costumes. “I guess it passes on”, he said. You couldn’t wear them.
Part-time Franklin Park theater employee Tess Westcott, 19, sported themed shoes along with a “Star Wars” T-shirt while she waited several hours inside the theater to see the new film.
Tucker says they’re trying to balance safety with a great Star Wars experience.
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Chris Liebe, 32, of West Toledo is one of many parents passing the Star Wars magic to a new generation.
