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Wednesday 21 October
‘Star Wars’ fans clamor for tickets, wonder where’s Luke
LINDSEY BAHR such as Daisy Ridley’s Rey during halftime, Sellouts have been report-
AP Film Writer ed for many of the Thurs-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mil- and John Boyega’s Finn. suggesting that day night preview show-
lions of fans cried out in joy ings of the latest chapter.
after they saw the latest But the clips also have stra- many tuned in AMC alone sold out 1,000
trailer for “Star Wars: The shows in less than 12 hours
Force Awakens,” but it also tegically teased out the re- solely for the but also noted that there
left more than a few won- are still nearly 4 million tick-
dering where Luke Skywalk- turn of original characters trailer, not the ets available for opening
er has been during all the weekend.
marketing. such as Harrison Ford’s Han Giants-Eagles Ticketing sites tend to keep
Twitter said there were specifics about actual sales
more than 17,000 tweets Solo and Carrie Fisher’s game. secret. MovieTickets.com
a minute when the trailer did reveal, however, that
aired Monday night and Princess Leia. Tickets for the “The Force Awakens” had
over 1.1 million tweets since accounted for a whopping
then. Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalk- “The Force Awak- 95 percent of sales on the
Facebook reported that site in 24 hours.
1.3 million people had 2.1 er is nowhere to be seen — ens,” out Dec. Fandango experienced
million interactions related unprecedented demand
to “Star Wars” within the first in full at least. 18, went on sale for tickets as well. They’ve
hour of the trailer screen- already sold eight times
ing. Even Mark Zuckerberg Fans have heard Luke’s earlier Monday, as many tickets as they
commented on the official had for their previous re-
fan page, writing “this looks voice and seen what is causing sites like cord holder, “The Hunger
amazing. I love Star Wars.” Games.”
It didn’t take a Jedi to no- presumed to be his gloved Fandango and “Movie theaters are con-
tice that Luke Skywalker tinually adding new show
was missing from the pro- hand on R2-D2, but his MovieTickets. times on Fandango to
mo. meet the phenomenal de-
The ads have focused conspicuous absence com to experi- mand,” a Fandango com-
mainly on new characters pany statement said.q
from the most recent trailer ence intermittent
and the official poster had crashes as a re-
many Twitter users asking sult of demand.
#whereisluke and wonder- The initial fervor
ing what that means for his has dissipated,
character. though, and sites
Director J.J. Abrams is seemed to be
somewhat notorious for back up and run-
keeping the plots to his films This undated photo provided by Disney ning and getting
shows the poster for the new film, “Star Wars:
under wraps, and “Star The Force Awakens.” fans their tickets.
Wars: The Force Awakens” AMC theaters
has been no different. Associated Press
The 2-minute, 35-second are also selling
spot debuted during ES- made available online im- tickets for 39 “Star Wars”
PN’s “Monday Night Foot- mediately after. Overnight marathon events, where
ball” halftime and was ratings for the game show they will be showing all sev-
a definite viewing spike en films on Dec. 17.
