Star Wars fans out in force for world premiere

Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Film character BB-8 arrives at the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015.

Products tied to the film meanwhile could bring in up to $5 billion in revenue for Walt Disney Company, which paid $4 billion for Lucasfilm in 2012. A large roar almost shook the building for Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill, who, upon entering the theater, waved to costumed stormtroopers and “Star Wars” fanatics along Hollywood boulevard. The movie doesn’t officially release until Friday, but you can actually catch a few showings beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday night in Indianapolis.

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Adam B Vary, a reporter for Buzzfeed, tweeted: “Rest easy: The Force Awakens is 100% Star Wars, and something new”.

The actress, who plays Maz Kanata, said the premiere was an overwhelming experience.

‘Immediately they’re like, what does that mean?

“It’s a film about generations and what one generation leaves behind that the next generation has to deal with”, Lucas said.

The 41-year-old Pitch Perfect actress looked ecstatic as she attended the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Hollywood in a summery off-the-shoulder floral print dress.

The film has already made box office history in the England, where it has sold more than half a million tickets for its opening week at one cinema chain alone.

Ridley admits that she and John Boyega messed around a lot on set but they were just being silly and having fun while filming.

The role of Han Solo catapulted Harrison Ford to stardom.

“Well, in the ‘70s nobody knew what to anticipate, ” Ford said in an interview with Starwars.com.

“Nobody has been to a premiere of this magnitude”, said Anthony Daniels, who played the droid C-3PO in all of the films.

Abrams and Lucas posed together for photos, and both men took time to chat with fans before heading into the premiere.

Die-hard fans hoping to see the film on the first night can still get tickets for screenings between 3am and 6am and tickets are still available for the following days.

He said:”It was a slow burn, but I knew it would never go away”.

He says: “Something is happening that I don’t understand”.

While back on Twitter another film fan added: “Star Wars premiere just letting out now”.