‘Star Wars’ premiere crowd cheers for familiar, new faces

Ford reflected on the impact of the film and the role that catapulted him to superstardom.

A long stretch of Hollywood Boulevard was closed to traffic for days ahead of the unveiling of the film and a huge white tent was erected as fans camped outside the TCL Chinese Theatre for more than a week in anticipation of the first public screening.

“In the 70s nobody knew what to anticipate, nobody had seen anything like it, now we have to live up to what the first films delivered”, he said. This photo provided by Disney/Lucasfilm shows Daisy Ridley, right, as Rey, and John Boyega as Finn, in a scene from the film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, directed by J.J. Abrams.

THR reports that bomb-sniffing dogs are patrolling the perimeters of the press tent, where stars like Harrison Ford, John Boyega and director J.J. Abrams will speak to the media before entering the premiere. Take a look as Fisher curses up a storm while she’s interviewing her co-star Oscar Isaac for TMZ. “George Lucas, from the bottom of my heart, and behalf of everyone involved with ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens, ‘ thank you, sir”. It has already broken presale ticket records, and many fans are eager to see the reunion of original trilogy characters last seen in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi”. The bride was set to wear a white dress affixed with handmade crystal X-wing fighters, according to the Daily Mail.

“Glad @piersmorgan isn’t a Star Wars fan”.

And his rant didn’t end there, as he later said: “I just don’t get Star Wars, I just don’t get it. Silly robots, stupid plots”.

“To be here in this capacity makes me so, so happy”, he said.

Elizabeth Banks, among the celebrities who attended as a fan, takes a selfie as she arrives. “But you leave Star Wars alone you swine!” To be at a point where we’ve auditioned and filmed and release this thing into the world, I feel fantastic.

The man who created the entire “Star Wars” world received a standing ovation from the audience at a Hollywood movie theater as he sat next to his long-time collaborator Steven Spielberg.

Only a handful of people had seen it in full before it was finally screened in three cinemas on Hollywood Boulevard, including the TCL Chinese Theatre where the first movie premiered.