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The highly anticipated final trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released Monday night, featuring a few words from Han Solo, lightsabers, and Darth Vader's salvaged helmet. Tickets for the film went on sale a few hours before the trailer's debut, and so many fans were clamoring for seats, Fandango, AMC Theaters, and other websites suffered from loading issues and site outages. Directed by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be in theaters Dec. 18. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
