The sleepy foyer of a South West London cinema is a galaxy far, far away from the glitz and glamour of Leicester Square’s red carpeted European premiere, but as The Force awakens at midnight on December 17th it may as well be the centre of the Star Wars universe.
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Before the film: It’s got the Millennium Falcon in it, so you can’t lose.
Even though they are new to this space saga, old fans can detect bits and pieces of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo (from the original trilogy) in them – lone scavenger Rey in the desert planet of Jakku seeks the truth of her life like Luke did in the desert planet of Tatooine in “A New Hope”.
After the film: There’s a lot of people who enjoyed the films first-time round that will enjoy this one now.
“I never got to see the originals in the cinema so that’s something I’ve been really excited for”.
After the film: I normally fall asleep in every film that I watch and I didn’t in this one!
“The preview in the middle between the two movies was Star Wars and I was hooked”.
Londoner Boyega, who auditioned for seven months to play Finn, said: “For a guy from south-east Peckham, I think I did alright”. “Our screen is now 101 years old and connected to the history of cinema in Scotland and we wanted to add a few extra touches to make it a nice experience for customers”.
Before the film: I have to be up at six o’clock but it’s worth it. I’m a lifetime fan, I remember seeing it as a kid!
Before the film: This is a very good Christmas present for me, it looks good.
Star Wars fans pose in costume outside the cinema in Nuremberg.
“The burning question for me is ‘Who is Kylo Ren?'”, he continued.
But don’t expect to see any lavish lightsaber duels like the ones between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in the prequel “Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith”.
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Brothers Stephen and Alexander Dick from Paisley said they had grown up watching Star Wars and had to be among the first in line to see it. They bring back some of the characters from the previews movies quite well.
