Celebs at ‘Star Wars’ premiere offer glowing reviews online

Force Block isn’t flawless, of course, but in these fraught times filled with Force Awakens spoilers, it’s the extension we need. So forgive me for suggesting that Star Wars: The Force Awakens does not pass the Bechdel test.

The plot of the movie is a closely-guarded secret and each trailer and snippet of footage has sent fans wild with excitement and speculation.

The force is expected to be strong in Sydney with the highly anticipated premiere of the latest Star Wars instalment at the city’s entertainment precinct in Moore Park.

The rollout of more than 100 new Star Wars toys in the run-up to the movie was a cultural phenomenon.

The cinema sold out the first 3D showing nearly a month ago and had opened another 3D theatre to cope with demand. The laser sword of the Jedi and Sith masters is also welcome at Xscape Theatres Northgate 14.

“Holy crap, that Star Wars #TheForceAwakens is so good in the best old-school way!”

Scientist Raychelle Burke said that while we have the capacity to damage things using strongly concentrated beams of light our efforts are puny in comparison.

Foreign “Star Wars” memorabilia, such as foreign-language movie posters or overseas market toys, were once hard to obtain and therefore potentially more valuable, but items can now “easily be ordered online from anywhere in the world”, said James Gallo of Toy Heaven, who did the valuation for the Sotheby’s auction.

Such careful custodianship – mocked in a recent “Saturday Night Live” skit that poked fun at adult “Star Wars” collectors – makes the future scarcity that would drive prices up unlikely, he said.

“If all the hype is correct, it will be the biggest movie of the year”, she said. Box sets of the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy are on sale at Walmart for $34.96 each, meaning you’d get about a $20 discount compared with the streaming set. But with the latest film, the first released under the Disney banner following its billion 2012 splurge to buy the franchise from Lucasfilm, it’s time again to pony up for the movies.