“Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt said “The Force Awakens” represented a return to what made him fall in love with “Star Wars” in the first place”. To keep that going, they have more movies planned. Our limited-edition products are collectible mascaras [see photo above] with Star Wars quotes, and new lipstick and nail shades [see photos below].
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J Abram’s latest Star Wars instalment has seen celebrities, journalists and other premiere attendees blurting out their opinions online. For example, the spaceport in Naboo from Attack of the Clones actually features three Corellian YT-1300 light freighters, which you might recognize as the same model as the Millennium Falcon. Star Wars fever will only grasp the entire country for a few weeks after The Force Awakens opens, but Disney wants to keep everyone interested in the franchise beyond January 2016.
The Force is about to be with us. But a good friend and former coworker used to say I must have been raised by wolves in a cave in Russian Federation because he couldn’t fathom how I could have grown up in the United States in the 80s and 90s and not seen “Star Wars”.
The premiere’s red carpet kicked off Monday afternoon with Stormtroopers marching and droids rolling past cameras before the film’s stars arrived.
Getting into the Star Wars spirit! Reports have street closures for the premiere bigger than that of the Academy Awards. He said a “ton” of people have subscribed to the upcoming C-3P0 comic based on the famous Star Wars droid.
The celebration melded classic “Star Wars” mythology with the new generation that will carry the weight of two more sequels, spin-offs, video games, comic books, toys and other merchandise. If someone described my excitement and anticipation as the nostalgic reminiscences of a middle-aged person trying to recapture the “Star Wars” magic experienced by my nine-year-old self, I wouldn’t deny it. There’s an unabashedly youthful joy and exuberance intertwined with my fandom.
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Events: Kesten, the Frank Theaters manager, said on Saturday the theater will host the “Capital City Jedi Knights”, a costume group based in Harrisburg who dress as Jedi’s.
