{"id":137872,"date":"2017-12-10T02:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T07:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=137872"},"modified":"2017-12-10T02:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T07:56:35","slug":"last-jedi-premiere-kicks-off-with-droids-daisy-ridley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/10\/last-jedi-premiere-kicks-off-with-droids-daisy-ridley\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Last Jedi&#8217; premiere kicks off with droids, Daisy Ridley"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_137876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137876\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/16265213_697152513778138_4148209450438113308_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137876\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/16265213_697152513778138_4148209450438113308_n.png\" alt=\"Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, arrived wearing a shimmering dress adorned with stars, while newcomer Kelly Marie Tran wore a bright red dress with a lengthy train behind it. (Photo: Star Wars: The Last Jedi\/Facebook)\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/16265213_697152513778138_4148209450438113308_n.png 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/16265213_697152513778138_4148209450438113308_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/16265213_697152513778138_4148209450438113308_n-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, arrived wearing a shimmering dress adorned with stars, while newcomer Kelly Marie Tran wore a bright red dress with a lengthy train behind it. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/starwarsrocksmyworld\/photos\/a.130453373781391.27439.130453223781406\/697152513778138\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/starwarsrocksmyworld\/\">Star Wars: The Last Jedi\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014 Stormtroopers marched the red carpet as Star Wars music blared and fans cheered Saturday at the world premiere of latest installment in the beloved space opera franchise.<\/p>\n<p>The elaborate premiere for \u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d included a procession of Stormtroopers and a squad of elite guards clad in red armour walking the red carpet. Fans cheered, some waving stuffed Porgs, a new character being introduced in the eighth film in the core Star Wars franchise.<\/p>\n<p>The procession of characters took them down a red carpet set up under a towering model of an assault vehicle and into a tented area where photos and interviews were taking place before the film&#8217;s premiere. The characters, including the droids R2-D2, C-3PO and BB-8, arrived before the film&#8217;s stars.<\/p>\n<p>Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, arrived wearing a shimmering dress adorned with stars, while newcomer Kelly Marie Tran wore a bright red dress with a lengthy train behind it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a Star Wars movie, and the energy tonight is pretty amazing,\u201d said a beaming Andy Serkis, who plays the villain Supreme Leader Snoke.<\/p>\n<p>Secrecy about the film, which has only been screened for a select VIPs, was still in place. Anthony Daniels, who plays C-3PO, told a reporter looking for details on the film, \u201cI&#8217;m going to let you work out everything for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Last Jedi,\u201d which arrives in theatres on Dec. 15, is one of the year&#8217;s biggest releases and includes the return of Luke Skywalker and Carrie Fisher&#8217;s final role. Early box office projections are for the film to debut in the $200 million range for its first weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014 Stormtroopers marched the red carpet as Star Wars music blared and fans cheered Saturday at the world premiere &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":137876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[38044,38045,13040,38046],"class_list":["post-137872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-last-jedi-premiere-kicks-off-with-droids","tag-daisy-ridley","tag-star-wars","tag-world-premiere","mauthors-nicole-evatt","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}