'Star Wars' Movie Marathon Event To Lead Into Opening Day Screening Of 'The Force Awakens'

There are some big events happening today — Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals, a hugely important Canadian election — but for movie fans around the world, they will be glued to their computers and TV screens for one thing: the new trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." It will drop on ESPN tonight during "Monday Night Football" and watched, rewatched, dissected, analyzed and more on the internet afterward. And the fever for 'The Force Awakens' will hardly stop there.

On December 17th, one day before the film opens in North America, participating theaters around the country will launch the "Star Wars" Movie Marathon event. It will be exactly what it sounds like, with 2D, digital presentations of the first six movies in the "Star Wars" saga, leading up to the Opening Day screening of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in 3D. And that's not all.

When the film opens,...