‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Tops $100 Million in Presales!

Despite being in charge of The Force Awakens for the past three years, director JJ Abrams seemed overwhelmed by the magnitude of the premiere. The last pair to leave the stage before the screening was R2-D2 and his new droid companion BB-8. Despite the devilishly Han-channeling Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron and even the eye-watering Millennium Falcon moments, Rey made people yell.

The star-studded premiere also saw new actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Max von Sydow, Gwendolyn Christie walk the red carpet. Joseph Gordon-Levitt dressed as Yoda, while numerous women brought out their best Princess Leia-inspired buns. That’s what was kinda fun – you’re in the middle of Hollywood Blvd. and they didn’t really divert the pedestrian traffic, so you never knew who was who.

East Asia was just warming up to the Star Wars craze.

The movie opens on Friday, though several theaters in the Phoenix area will begin showing it Thursday evening.

The Hollywood Reporter executive editor Matthew Belloni wrote: “Star Wars premiere just letting out now”.

Disney has further allowed Star Wars-themed products, ranging from pewter mugs featuring C-3PO to lightsaber chopsticks, to hit the market. If a user clicks on a website that contains any mention of Star Wars, the browser will display a warning screen. Caroline Ritter and Andrew Porters were to Wednesday in front of a Storm Trooper honor guard in the Chinese Theater forecourt, with a Darth Vader character walking the bride to the altar. Some analysts initially expressed skepticism about the acquisition, suggesting Disney CEO Robert Iger paid too much. So it was no huge surprise when C-3PO popped into the new trailers with a red arm, now we’ll all have to run out and buy the red-armed “Force Awakens” C-3PO, possessed by the the siren song of “Star Wars” that compels both adults and children to consume what we love.