Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Will Land Online This Friday

The mania surrounding next year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens is reaching dizzying heights of madness. Not since The Phantom Menace trailer bowed in 1998 has the web been struck by such a hankering for detail. To keep interest in the sequel sustained, Disney have launched a trailer campaign that’s never been attempted before: this Thursday through Sunday, a select group of theatres across the U.S. will debut the 88-second teaser. A pretty low number, right? Well, most of us kind of expected to see a blurry bootleg online in the early hours of Friday. Now, thanks to the Official Star Wars Twitter, it seems that won’t be necessary:

The Force is with you on #BlackFriday when #TheForceAwakens teaser hits @iTunesTrailers.

— Star Wars (@starwars) November 26, 2014

That sound you might be hearing right now is the cheer of countless sci-fi fans the world over. The exciting plan Disney unveiled for the trailer was initially met with frustration by many, who would be unable to reach one of the cinemas in those thirty chosen cities.

That news arrived earlier this week, as AMC and Regal Theatres – to name but two – revealed that they would be taking part. Starting Friday morning through to Sunday night, every showing of every movie in those specific multiplexes will be showing the trailer. If that sounds more to your liking, and you’d prefer to witness the first ever teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the big screen, then check out the full list of cinemas below. The rest of us will be clicking through to iTunes.

AZ – PHOENIX – HARKINS – TEMPE MARKETPLACE
CA – LOS ANGELES – AMC – CENTURY CITY
CA – LOS ANGELES – Indep – EL CAPITAN
CA – IRVINE – REGAL – SPECTRUM IRVINE 21
CA – SAN FRANCISCO – AMC – METERON 16
CA – SAN JOSE – CINEMARK – OAKRIDGE 20
CA – SAN DIEGO – REGAL – MIRA MESA 18
CAN – TORONTO – CPX – YOUNGE & DUNDAS
CAN – VANCOUVER – CPX – RIVERPORT
CO – DENVER – AMC – WESTMINSTER 24
DC – WASH D.C – AMC – TYSONS CORNER 16
FL – MIAMI – CARMIKE – PARISIAN 20
GA – ATLANTA – REGAL – ATLANTIC STATION
IL – CHICAGO – REGAL – CITY NORTH
MA – BOSTON – AMC – BOSTON COMMONS 19
MI – DETROIT – CINEMARK – SHOWCASE 20
MN – MINNEAPOLIS – AMC – SOUTHDALE
MO – KANSAS CITY – AMC – STUDIO 30
NY- NEW YORK – AMC – LINCOLN SQUARE 12
NY – NEW YORK – REGAL – UNION SQAURE
OH – CLEVELAND – CINEMARK – CINEMARK 24
PA – PHILADELPHIA – REGAL – WARRINGTON 22
TN – NASHVILLE – CARMIKE – THOROUGHBRED 20
TN – KNOXVILLE – REGAL – PINNACLE
TX – DALLAS – CINEMARK – PLANO 20
TX – HOSTON – REGAL – MARQ*E STADIUM 23
TX – AUSTIN – ALAMO – ALAMO S LAMAR
UT – SALT LAKE CITY – CINEMARK – CINEMARK 24 WJ
WA – SEATTLE – REGAL – THORNTON PLACE 14
WI – MILWAUKEE – MARCUS – BROOKFIELD 16