There was a great disturbance in the Force on Monday evening, as if millions ofStar Warsfans suddenly tried to buy presale tickets forThe Force Awakensand were stymied.
Passes for the much-anticipated space-opera reboot which opens Dec. 18 werent suppoed to go on sale until after a newForce Awakenstrailer airs during halftime of the Monday Night Football matchup between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles on ESPN, but some venues began offering them up before then.
In the ensuing scrum, several movie ticketing websites crashed or were very slow to load, including Fandango.com, MovieTickets.com, Regal Cinemas, AMC Theatres, and ArcLight Cinemas.
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In recent days Disney, which owns Lucasfilm and ESPN, has been whippingStar Warsfans into a frenzy witha new poster and snippets of teaser footage, as well as the promise of aStar Warsmarathonleading up toThe Force Awakens.
