Star Wars trailer viewed more than 112m times in 24 hours

It’s official: the force is still strong with the Star Wars series.

The latest and reportedly final trailer for JJ Abrams’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens was viewed more than 112m times online during its first 24 hours online, according to Lucasfilm. Factor in the 16m viewers that watched the trailer on ESPN’s popular Monday Night Football show in the US, and the tally stands at 128m views.

By comparison, the trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey, until then the most watched of 2014, tallied 93m views on YouTube over the course of the whole year.

The first teaser for the blockbuster, which premiered around this time last year, hit 55m views in 24 hours – less than half the number the new trailer achieved. The second trailer, which debuted in April, received 88m views during the same timeframe.

As soon as the new trailer went online, the film went on to obliterate records for advance ticket sales at US and UK cinemas, leading to many early screenings being completely sold out and several ticket sites to crash under the high demand. American retailer Fandango said JJ Abrams’s film sold more than eight times as many tickets on its first day of release – Monday – as the previous record holder, 2012’s The Hunger Games.

In the UK, where tickets went on sale earlier in the day, Star Wars studio Disney said a record 200,000-plus tickets were sold in 24 hours, beating marks for Skyfall, Spectre, The Hunger Games and Fifty Shades of Grey. The unprecedented demand on both sides of the Atlantic, almost two months prior to the release of Abrams’ film, is leading to speculation that The Force Awakens might challenge Avatar for the mantle of highest-grossing movie of all time.

Abrams’ film is also predicted to smash the world record for biggest global box-office opening weekend, currently held by Jurassic World after the dinosaur disaster epic’s $524.4m opening weekend in June.

The Force Awakens opens 16 December in France and the following day in the UK, before going US-wide on 18 December.

Source : http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/23/star-wars-trailer-viewed-112-million-times-first-24-hours

The Force Resonates at World MasterCard Fashion Week

Fashion and Star Wars come together in the most competitive Jedi trial yet!

 

Imperial forces were present at Toronto’s World MasterCard Fashion week, where the Mercedes-Benz Start Up Competition hosted a Star Wars design contest sponsored by Disney.

Stormtroopers patrolled the area as costume creations of the six finalists sparkled under the lights of the runway — each design inspired by an iconic outfit from that distant galaxy of Rebels and Jedi and smugglers.

In the end, José Manuel St-Jacques and Simon Bélanger of UNTTLD won with their elegant take on Princess Leia’s metal bikini from Return of the Jedi, and were awarded $15,000 along with their own commemorative (non-working) lightsaber.

Roger Christian, who helped bring many of the original Star Wars characters and weapons to life, attended the event as a guest judge.

The outfits will remain on display for the rest of the week, but you can get a special preview by checking out the gallery below.

 

 

Source : http://www.starwars.com/news/the-force-resonates-at-world-mastercard-fashion-week 

Star Wars 7 (The Force Awakens) Narrated by Circulating in Cyberspace

After all the stories explanations as if floating in space typical Star Wars movies, the screen contains a dark space sparkling. Display and capture an object. Not spacecraft, but a sleeve that has been cut off with a sword menggemggam Light Saber. (At the end of the film The Empire Strikes Back, Film episode 6. Hand Luke Skywalker cut off during his fight with Darth Vader)

Lightsaber hand grasping it landed in a desert. It was later discovered by two people who would be jagon us in the movie star wars characters played Daisy 7. Ridley and John Boyega. Two-Second To None knew the sword Light Saber is a sacred object for a Jedi knight. then they decided to return the sword on which is entitled to have it.

Well that is where the core of the film Star Wars 7 will begin. Amid the journey the two of them met with Han Solo and Chewbacca. Han and Chewie Light Saber recognize it belonged to their friend Luke Skywalker is already 30 years they have never met. 

Then they searched the Jedi knights. Meanwhile, in an ice planet, there are evil forces are building super power weapon. the power of these weapons can not only destroy the planets but also a solar system. 

Ticket Booking 'Star Wars: The Awakens' Booming

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5 New Facts About Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Adam Driver role as Ren Kylo

There have been many rumors that the actor Adam Driver will play Ren Kylo. He we see the figure from behind wearing a black robe, holding a three-edged sword of light saber. According to Vanity Fair, Kylo Ren siding with evil stronghold First Order.

 First Order Vs. resistance

We already know that the story of Star Wars: Episode VII takes place 30 years after the movie Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. June edition of Vanity Fair reports confirm that in the seventh movie Star Wars, Empire is now called the First Order while the Rebel Alliance called Resistance.

 

 Character Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o Katana Maz played a role in Star Wars: Episode VII. The latest photos were revealed of Vanity Fair, the character will appear in full in the format processed by computer alias CGI (computer graphic imagery). That is, we would not see his face in the film. Not much we know about Maz. Vanity Fair article only refer to it as the pirates who have their own palace.

JJ Abrams Consider Kill Jar Jar Binks

After no longer held by George Lucas, the original Star Wars creator, JJ Abrams worked on seven movies (Star Trek). In the interview, Abrams said he originally intended to turn off Jar Jar Binks, a character from Episode I (Star Wars: The Phantom Manace, 1999) who hated Star Wars fan. "I think to put the remains of Jar Jar Binks in the desert. I'm serious!" Abrams said.

Yes, Oscar Isaac Serving As Poe Dameron

Poe Dameron is a fighter pilot T-70 X-wing. He was the hero of the Rebel Alliance or the Resistance. In the teaser trailer for the film, we've seen a glimpse of the figure while it's flying a fighter aircraft. In the film, starring Oscar Isaac Poe. In the latest Vanity Fair magazine, Oscar Isaac we see for the first time posing in front of a fighter.