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A still from the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.
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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

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.