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Star Wars World Premiere: Photos and Torch-Passings

 

Star Wars - The Force Awakens World Premiere.Featuring: Atmosphere. Where: Los Angeles, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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Yes, the Star Wars: The Force Awakens world premiere was held last night in Los Angeles, and Hollywood turned out for the passing of the light saber. Let’s go to the photos.

Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".Featuring: Atmosphere. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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Biker convention? No, it’s Star Wars fans gathered outside the theater to watch the celebs arrive. Some things never change.

Star Wars - The Force Awakens World Premiere.Featuring: Storm Troopers. Where: Los Angeles, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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The requisite parade of stormtroopers led off the proceedings. Question to ponder: Are there extras in Hollywood who make a living just out of appearing as stormtroopers at public events?

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: George Lucas, J.J. Abrams. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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New director J.J. Abrams gives the Quincy Jones treatment to old director George Lucas.

Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".Featuring: George Lucas, J.J. Abrams. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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The torch is passed! George Lucas gives the thumbs-up to Abrams (and presumably the film).

Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".Featuring: George Lucas, Mellody Hobson, Amanda Lucas, Katie Lucas. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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By the way, George Lucas’s kids are all grown up. That’s his wife, Mellody Hobson, at left, and his daughters Amanda Lucas and Katie Lucas at right. (Lucas and Hobson also have a young daughter, Everest, born in 2013.)

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: Kate Capshaw, Steven Spielberg. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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Also on hand: director Steven Spielberg and his wife, Charlie Chaplin.

Star Wars World Premiere in Los Angeles.Featuring: Daisy Ridley. Where: Los Angeles, California, United States. When: 14 Dec 2015.

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Here come the stars! That’s newcomer Daisy Ridley in a pretty groovy gown.

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: Daisy Ridley. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

…and giving a movie star smile for the camera.

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: John Boyega. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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Ridley’s counterpart, John Boyega, also flashed the groovy threads and movie-star smile. Then he…

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: John Boyega. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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…used The Force on the gathered paparazzi.

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: Mark Hamill. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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Also using The Force: Mark Hamill, the former Luke Skywalker. Another torch being passed: The gray beard he’s been sporting lately makes you wonder if Hamill isn’t going to go all Obi-Wan in the new film. Alec Guinness was age 62 when the original Star Wars was filmed; Mark Hamill is age 64 now.

Speaking of Obi-Wan, let’s go to the old people!

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: Max von Sydow. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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Distinguished actor Max von Sydow peers into the lights. He’s 86 years old and plays someone called Lor San Tekka in The Force Awakens. He is still cool enough to wear a great suit and necktie.

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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Harrison Ford and his wife Calista Flockhart. Good old Harrison, still with the crazy hair. We must just accept it.

Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".Featuring: Cuba Gooding Jr.. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 14 Dec 2015.

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.? Cuba Gooding, Jr.! He’s 47 years old.

Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".Featuring: Geena Davis. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 14 Dec 2015.

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And speaking of Old Hollywood, Geena Davis!  She’s 59. The photographers thought it was worth getting…

Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".Featuring: Geena Davis. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 14 Dec 2015.

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…an additional shot of her shoes alone. Because, Hollywood glamour.

Celebrities attend Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre..Featuring: Emeraude Toubia. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 14 Dec 2015.

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These events always include a smattering of unknown ingenues, male and female, hoping to get noticed. Here’s Emeraude Toubia, whom Wikipedia says is a former Miss Teen Brownsville. She “first became widely known in 2008, when she was selected to participate in the second season of the Univision reality show/beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Latina.” Uh-huh.

But enough of the sub-stars. Let’s wrap up with a robotic torch-pass:

Film Premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Featuring: BB-8. Where: Los Angeles, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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Cute newcomer android star BB-8.  And…

Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".Featuring: Atmosphere. Where: Hollywood, California, United States. When: 15 Dec 2015.

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…good old R2-D2 and C-3PO.  You can’t beat the classics.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens to the public on December 18th. While you wait, check out our list of Star Wars heroes, villains and curiosities »

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