Hollywood Prepares For New Star Wars Film

Steven Spielberg, who knows a thing or two about making blockbuster films, spoke to “60 Minutes” recently about the stress being put on director J.J. Abrams at this time.

Cinema goers wait in line here at Avco Center Theater in Los Angeles to see the smash-hit movie, Star Wars, in 1977.

New Yorkers are well known for some pretty insane workout trends and a popular one is to train with a lightsaber, the fictional weapon used by practitioners of the Force in the Star Wars universe.

Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4 billion just as a new Star Wars trilogy was being planned. That quote, combined with the image at the top of this post, should give you a hint of who’s going to buy Rey, Finn and old Han Solo toys this Christmas and for what goal.

The Regal Atlantic Station 18 movie theatre is hosting a special sold-out marathon screening of all six previously released “Stars Wars” films leading up to the much-anticipated three-dimensional screening of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens”. Disney may be trying to downplay expectations, but the pre-ticket sales indicate a massive showing gathering for “The Force Awakens”. Whether The Force Awakens can match that figure depends on whether people like it enough to see it a couple of times – and whether they advise their friends to do the same.

“Why do you think I have my strike at an angle like this, slide it down”, said Daniel Reiser, Instructor, New York Jedi. There will also be a fashion camera that will capture talent posing for photographer and a camera positioned on a tower, providing a high-angle view of the stars as they make their way down the red carpet. Caroline Ritter and Andrew Porters, who have traveled from New South Wales in Australia and have camped outside the TCL Theater since December 5, will get married in the queue on December 17 when the film opens to the public.

Spielberg praised the “Star Wars” franchise, saying he knew when the first film was released that it would be an enduring hit. While we’ve seen this attractive actress before in 12 Years A Slave, we won’t see her real face at all in “The Force Awakens”.

Los Angeles Police Lieutenant John Jenal told the ABC News website the premiere is being treated like other events, including the Academy Awards.

All the writing has been under the watchful eye of Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm and an executive producer on “The Force Awakens”.