• People wait for the start of Star Wars: The Force Awakens Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    People wait for the start of Star Wars: The Force Awakens Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • People dressed as characters from the film walk the ‘black carpet’ ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on December 16, 2015. Christopher Pike / The National
    People dressed as characters from the film walk the ‘black carpet’ ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on December 16, 2015. Christopher Pike / The National
  • Noura Al Kaabi chief executive of Media Zone Authority - Abu Dhabi (MZA) and twofour54, center, arrives with members of her team that worked on the set ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    Noura Al Kaabi chief executive of Media Zone Authority - Abu Dhabi (MZA) and twofour54, center, arrives with members of her team that worked on the set ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • A pair of Emirati men take a selfie with a stormtrooper ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    A pair of Emirati men take a selfie with a stormtrooper ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • Benjamin Bernard from USA arrives wearing national dress and holding a light saber ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    Benjamin Bernard from USA arrives wearing national dress and holding a light saber ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • People walk the ‘black carpet’ ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    People walk the ‘black carpet’ ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • Feras Al Atari from Jordan poses with stormtroopers ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    Feras Al Atari from Jordan poses with stormtroopers ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • Richard Dreyfuss American Academy award winning actor arrives ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    Richard Dreyfuss American Academy award winning actor arrives ahead of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • The Jakku Experience, displays of sets, props and costumes from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens during the Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    The Jakku Experience, displays of sets, props and costumes from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens during the Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • The Jakku Experience, displays of sets, props and costumes from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens during the Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    The Jakku Experience, displays of sets, props and costumes from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens during the Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
  • The Jakku Experience, displays of sets, props and costumes from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens during the Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
    The Jakku Experience, displays of sets, props and costumes from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens during the Middle East premiere at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Abu Dhabi premiere - in pictures


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Star Wars: The Force Awakens had it’s Middle East premiere in Abu Dhabi at Emirates Palace on Wednesday.

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- enter the right cabin. The train may be too busy to move between carriages once you're on

- don't carry too much luggage and tuck it under a seat to make room for fellow passengers

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