Photos: Showtime for ‘Star Wars’ fans
Scenes from the opening night of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”: Fans wait for the start of the movie at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Souvenir cup, $6.95; figurine topper, $9.95; straw, $4.95, at the Chinese Theatre.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)A fan holds a lightsaber in the theater.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Fans line up outside the theater.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Caroline Ritter and Andrew Porters, both of Singleton, Australia, got married in front of the theater.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Fans play with lighsabers.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)An Ewok (Nate Clukey of Cumberland, Maine) was the first in line, spending 13 days and 12 nights at the theater.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Tony Brennan, left, of Cypress, Dawn Bright of Riverside and Hau Nguyen, from Orange, at the opening.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Serena Schiffman, 5, of Valencia in an impromptu battle with Shawn Crosby, aka Obi-Shawn, from Westchester.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Serena Schiffman strikes a pose.
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