3:17
- ABC News
- December 15, 2015
Inside the Big Hollywood 'Star Wars' Premiere
What the stars of the film had to say about "The Force Awakens."
3:17
\"I don't think we really had one. You see, “Star Wars,” when it opened, there was no budget for advertising or anything; it was minimal. And what happened was the few people who went out to see it ran out of the theater, grabbed their friends, went back. ... It just went viral on its own,\" he said.
Ridley, another one of the series’ new faces, said she was so nervous to see what the throngs of fans on hand had to say about the movie, and her character, Rey. \"It's crazy! What if they don't like me? Imagine they're like, 'Boo! Rey!' I'm like, 'I'll go now.’\"
Mark Hamill, who reprises his original trilogy role of Jedi Luke Skywalker, didn't explain why his character wasn't in the movie's posters, or why he was deliberately kept away from many promotional appearances. \"Why? Well, you'll find out in a couple of hours. Why ruin it now?\"
He joked before the show started. \"I've gone this long,\" he said of the legally mandated vow of silence. \"It's terrible. It's been torture.\"
Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) greets everyone at #TheForceAwakens premiere. pic.twitter.com/yx4NYuevjR
— Disney (@Disney) December 15, 2015
BB-8’s front and center on the #StarWars #TheForceAwakens #redcarpet LIVE right now on https://t.co/mVXi17qoJk pic.twitter.com/s6XaGlxWGP
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 15, 2015
As for the movie itself? \"I don't think people are going to be disappointed,\" Harrison Ford tells ABC News. \"The movie's good ... I'm really excited to get this movie out there for the audience, and see how they feel about it -- and have a nice long sleep.\"
Han Solo. All smiles.Harrison Ford 14,082 days since the premiere of @StarWars in 1977. #TheForceAwakens pic.twitter.com/BY2hQopADq
— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 15, 2015
\"Star Wars: The Force Awakens\" will officially be released Friday by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
The legend himself during the #StarWars #TheForceAwakens #redcarpet event. pic.twitter.com/xAtsjjEp0q
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 15, 2015
Adam Driver makes his apperance on the #StarWars #TheForceAwakens #redcarpet LIVE now on https://t.co/mVXi17qoJk pic.twitter.com/D5NzM936Q3
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 15, 2015
\"I thought I'd bring the galaxy with me\" @Lupita_Nyongo on the #StarWars #TheForceAwakens #redcarpet event. pic.twitter.com/OpvB5wkMd7
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 15, 2015
Can’t have one without the other. C-3PO and R2-D2 on the the #redcarpet LIVE right now on https://t.co/mVXi17qoJk pic.twitter.com/r5xidmxp0o
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 15, 2015
Look who took over the Oscar Isaac interview: @carrieffisher.Where's @Gary_TheDog!? #StarWars #TheForceAwakens pic.twitter.com/rrSPmTTWuO
— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 15, 2015
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