Cuyahoga Falls’ Cinemark theater was pretty sure tickets to Star Wars: The Force Awakens would sell out. But it never expected to be literally booked for the entire night. Kent resident Craig Foreman wanted to ensure he would be able to see the continuation of his favorite franchise, and he wanted to make sure that his friends, family and fellow members of the Ohio Star Wars Collector Club.

According to Ohio.com, the super fan booked the 87-seat theater showing the seventh Star Wars film for 7 p.m. tonight. The cost, which came in at about $1,300, was quickly covered with assistance from the 200 folks in the OSCWW.

“I knew that there were plenty of guys like me,” Foreman told the Akron Beacon Journal.

The love for the Star Wars films is more than slightly intense; Foreman has tickets for several other opening-weekend showings besides the group screening and has been wearing a different Star Wars T-shirt to his school every day since Dec. 1.

He also has a tattoo on his left shoulder that includes a Rebel Alliance logo and six lightsabers, one for each of the movies to date. He expects to be adding a seventh soon.

There’s lots more where that came from at the ABJ article, which details Foreman’s lifelong fandom and hobby. 
 
(This article has been updated and corrected; it previously implied Foreman rented the theater to watch the movie in peace. That’s not the case, and we apologize for the mistake.)

This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2015.

Brittany is a blogging intern who keeps the web up-to-date with news stories and blogs. Before her internship at Cleveland Scene, she wrote for the video game news site Revue Labs as well as oversaw Kent State University’s diversity publication Fusion Magazine. Brittany is originally from New Jersey but is currently residing in Kent, Ohio where she is finishing up her journalism degree at Kent State. She appreciates good coffee, good pizza and well-behaved cats.

9 replies on “Ohio Man Rents Out Entire Movie Theater for Star Wars Release”

  3. This article is a piece of crap. The guy is a member of a Star Wars collector group. He invited about 85 people from that group, plus family and friends to be a part of this event. He had activities for the kids of the attendees and also had custom shirts made for the organization. You make it sound like “This guy wanted some privacy so he rented the whole show” when actually, he was organizing an event. Brittany, do us all a favor and find a different line of work. Your sources/research are crap. Kind of like scene magazine itself.

  6. This article is garbage. Do you have any clue what you’re talking about? He reserved the showing for all 87 seats. He sold the tickets to friends and family to come watch together. My son and I went. It was awesome!

  7. This article is garbage!! He didn’t buy up the theatre for himself to sit alone! He reserved all the seats. And his friends and family bought up the tickets. There were 87 of us in that room. And it was awesome! Nice effort Brittany.

  8. What did you expect? Her name is Brittany, so she’s probably a 16-year-old intern.
    Just as there are no youngsters named Mildred or Myrtle, there are no adult Brittanies.

    Chuckles the Clown

  9. This article should really be updated with clarification, or deleted. Sounds to me like the author did a great job at demonizing a true fan of the franchise, and a terrible job at journalism.

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