‘Star Wars’ Fans Are Already Lining Up Outside TCL Chinese Theatres For ‘The Last Jedi’

“Dude, I’m not into Star Wars, I’m into The Line®, maaaaaaaan.” I’ve never met anyone holding this philosophy in real life,
but considering how woven waiting in line for the new Star Wars installment is in pop culture, there’s gotta be SOMEBODY that’s more into the lining up and the actual film.

Variety reports about 50 fans were already staked out at TCL Chinese Theatres — better known as the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre — on Friday with that number expected to swell ahead of its first showing. Two Australian fans have staked the claim as this exercise in self-discipline’s first participants. Caroline Ritter and Andrew Porters are equipped for this sort of thing. Two years ago, the couple was married while waiting in line for The Force Awakens.

“I mean, this is where it all started,” Porters told Variety. “The management of the Chinese does a great job of allowing us to do this. It’s a very close-knit group of friends that feels like a family.”

The photos and videos that have been rolling in from TCL Chinese Theatre with die-hards more than happy to show off the moderate glamour and buddy-based fortitude that comes with these things. (LiningUp.net uses their fan-herding power at Chinese Theater to help out Starlight Children’s Foundation too.) Proposing marriage is a bit extreme, but there’s tons of fan bonding to be had.

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Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi arrives in theaters December 15.

(Via Variety)