The First Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens Reviews Arrive On Wednesday

Theater chains are offering special “Force Awakens” promotions and collectibles. “How can anything live up to any expectation like that?”

One fan, Lavonne Dominguez, wasn’t concerned with merely shopping for a ticket on-line to see the film in her native movie show.

If you’re anxious about spoiling anything for yourself, you may want to start treading carefully as soon as the clock strikes 12am Pacific time on December 16th. “So that’s why we are probably going to go back to mandatory donations next line”.

The cinema’s bosses have allowed some hardcore Star Wars aficionados, many in costume, a spot on the famous hands and footprints where many stars, including Harrison Ford, have made their mark.

The Walt Disney Company took over the “Star Wars” franchise from its creator, George Lucas, when it acquired Lucasfilm for billion in 2012.

Kennedy told the LA Times Rey represented “the new face of women in Star Wars. I don’t know if it will continue, but as long as there are people like this we’ll do it”. And, Barclays’ Kannan Venkateshwar says that given all the anticipation since we got the last “Star Wars” movie ten years ago, the new installment would likely disappoint.

Until Thursday night, anyway, when advance-screening audiences get their first look at “The Force Awakens”. “It’s incredibly amusing but touching and the story obviously is character-led, so there’s all of the fun stuff”, she said.

“It’s just what our narrative is”, Abrams said, “so if it’s driving anyone insane, apologies”. While we expect the movie to be very successful, we believe a global box office performance of ~$2bn is likely to be seen as an “in line” performance and anything below that is likely to be considered a disappointment based on our conversations with investors.

Ridley, who plays a scavenger, said the film captures the “delightful” tone of the earlier movies.

But I can think of a whole lot worse ways to spend your time than boning up on “Star Wars”.

New characters will include heroes such as turned storm trooper Finn (John Boyega) and X-wing pilot Poe (Oscar Isaac), and villains Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson) and Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis). “I think that he is right”.

And the latest chapter could well make it the undisputed champion at the box office as far as franchises go, industry experts say.

Revenge of the Sith remains the franchise record holder for largest opening weekend with $108 million its first weekend after debuting with $50 million the day before.