Star Wars fans will be celebrating more than Thanksgiving this week. The trailer for Episode VII, now known as The Force Awakens, will debut at a very small group of theaters.
Over the weekend, speculation over the trailer reached a fever pitch, after it was revealed that it wouldn’t run before The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies because Disney had big plans. Will, it turns out that the “big” plans are to show the trailer in only a small group of theaters starting this Friday.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Regal Entertainment Group has posted a list of just nine theaters where the trailer will be shown before every single movie between Nov. 28 and Nov. 30.
This is the closest thing we’ve heard on the trailer to official news. Disney and Lucasfilm haven’t announced anything, so it’s not known if other chains will be doing the same over the weekend. It’s also not known if Disney will post the trailer online at the same time.
Here’s the list of Regal locations:
Irvine, CA: Edwards Irvine Spectrum 22 & IMAX
San Diego, CA: Edwards Mira Mesa Stadium 18 IMAX & RPX
Atlanta, GA: Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 18 IMAX & RPX
Chicago, IL: Regal City North Stadium 14 IMAX & RPX
New York, NY: Regal Union Square Stadium 14
Warrington, PA: Regal Warrington Crossing Stadium 22 & IMAX
Knoxville, TN: Regal Pinnacle Stadium 18 IMAX & RPX
Houston, TX: Edwards Houston Marq'E Stadium 23 IMAX & RPX
Seattle, WA: Regal Thornton Place Stadium 14 & IMAX
The Force Awakens will be released on Dec. 18, 2015.
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