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Fans live “Star Wars” far, far beyond the movie theater

The new Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has smashed New Zealand opening day box office records, taking in $1.567m in day one ticket sales. He’s not alone – the crowds are movie theaters across the country are large, causing a security concern for police.

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So, our best advice to anyone heading to the theater is to err on the side of arriving (very) early if you’re seeing “The Force Awakens” anytime over the next couple of days. “You can feel the energy”.

Parents who first saw “Star Wars” as kids brought their children.

“Our entire family are big fans, and Robby and I have shared our childhood love of “Star Wars” with our children, so they have pretty much always grown up with “Star Wars, ‘” said Natasha Jones”. “We’re going (to see it again) Sunday night, too”. Many dressed up for the event, donning themed costumes as they waited for hours on line.

The new “Star Wars” film is the first since Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4 billion.

She said: “I used to watch buses go past with posters on and I’d be like, oh that would be really cool”.

“I grew up with ‘Star Wars, ‘” said Brandon Grisham, 38, of Oswego, who was with his son Braeden, 9, at Naperville’s Hollywood Palms Cinema for a Thursday screening. But still: “We’re gonna see it five times this weekend” is enough to leave pretty much anyone who’s not a “Star Wars” nerd scraping his jaw off the floor.

He said it was important for him to see the film with his daughter, Kylie Recker, 7, a second-grader at Wernert Elementary School in West Toledo.

“I was like – I’m in Tokyo, I’ve never been here in my life”.

“I only managed to get the front row seats but being able to get tickets for the premiere is a big deal”.

Tess Westcott, 19, of West Toledo, a part-time employee of the theater complex, wore a Star Wars T-shirt and Star Wars shoes.

In his plea, Harrison said: ‘Stop that. To my surprise, the writers opted to use majority only liberally, with all of them getting just enough screen-time to please fans (aside from narrative reasons, of course).

Stern words: He said: ‘You paid for it. So let them pay for it. And let them enjoy the full satisfaction in having earned the experience, because you want your audience to have an experience, not have something served to them’. “I was crying on my way here”.

Jenifer Landa incorporated her love for “Star Wars into her wedding”.

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Her feet were kept warm with black R2-D2 socks.

J.J. Abrams at Star Wars The Force Awakens premiere