# Star Wars episode 9 premiered last night in London

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**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-9-premiered-last-night-in-london/844993 "2019-12-17T17:17:06Z")\
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I keep thinking “Oh, it’s premiering Friday, so I’ll go see the first showing Thursday at midnight, with all the cosplayers in line.”

Yeah, I’m old. Was out of college when I stood in line (no such thing as the internet or advance tickets then) for “Star Wars”…

So I was surprised that showings started Thursday at a decent hour. But I didn’t decide to go until yesterday, so I’m going late and by myself, in 3D. As I mentioned in the Number Nine Appreciation Thread, I’m excited that I snagged the last non-first-two-rows ticket in town.

I don’t know if this’ll be a spoiler-free thread, but I’ve got to highlight this from the other one:

> [@Star Wars Episode IX anticipation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-ix-anticipation-thread/795600/238):
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> I hear people are questioning JJ’s decision to do the entire third act in claymation.
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> And the Porkins arc was a little contrived.

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