“What?” Ridley laughs, before finding the ideal answer to one of the most hard questions in the Star Wars Universe: “I’d rather be my dad’s daughter” she grins, “he’s here today and I love him”.
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The 73-year-old actor – who reprises his role as Han Solo in the seventh installment of the franchise, “The Force Awakens” – is “grateful” for the devotion of the series’ fans but insists they are not the ones who “made” the saga what it is.
Harrison was joined at the premiere by co-stars including Carrie Fisher – who was accompanied by her dog, Gary – Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, Lupita Nyong’o, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac, as well as robots BB-8, C-3PO and R2D2. I don’t think they give films like this as much recognition as they should.
The excitement over Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ debut has made it all the way to the White House.
“That I’m Jar-Jar”, the actress jokes with RadioTimes.com on the red carpet at the London premiere, giving a sly nod to the recent spate of theories surrounding The Phantom Menace’s most controversial character. “It’s like coming home to an event we’ve done for the last 40 years but this was the biggest by far”. It’s five stars for the dog.
“I never expected to go back in a million years”, he said.
Newcomer Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, shouted out to fans on the red carpet: “May the force be with all of you”.
“Luckily, they let us claim our seats early”, said Brandt Fundak, of Cleveland.
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It has taken more than $4 billion, the passing of the torch from George Lucas to J.J. Abrams and enough anticipation to fuel a Death Star, but the force has finally been stirred. How easy? One exhibitor expects the pic will blow away $200M and be closer to $250M, given that Star Wars is playing at midnight shows as well as 2 AM shows, something Jurassic World did not do.
