While most stars opted for chic red carpet attire, Joseph Gordon-Levitt showed up dressed as Yoda and actor-comedian Rainn Wilson dressed as a Jedi.

Why our cover star and his fellow superfans are so excited about the new movie.

As we prepare to welcome a new generation of Star Wars heroes and villains to the screen tomorrow, there are high hopes that The Force Awakens is going to leave the oft-maligned Star Wars prequels in the dust. Yet first, let us pause to pay tribute.

Now that the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is done, we're hitting peak spoiler danger: there are enough people out there who have seen the movie now who could potentially ruin it all for the rest of us before opening night.

The Force Awakens had its world premiere last night - but was the film any good? The critics aren't allowed to say but celebs and social media can.

The first trailer for the Harry Potter spin-off movie, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find.

The first trailer for Star Trek Beyond has landed with new director Justin Lin bringing a distinct change in tone to the franchise.

Count actress Jennifer Lawrence out of having anything to do with proposed prequels to The Hunger Games franchise.

In a semi-regular feature we'll be running until The Force Awakens is unleashed on December 17, here's our wrap of all the Star Wars things that happened today.

Mad Max: Fury Road leads the 2016 Critics' Choice Awards nominations.

In a semi-regular feature we'll be running until The Force Awakens is unleashed on December 17, here's our wrap of all the Star Wars things that happened today.

Star Wars is a beloved franchise, but the buzz surrounding the impending release of the seventh instalment, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is almost tangible in Los Angeles, where the long-awaited premiere will take place this week.

Australian actor Liam Hemsworth takes the fight to the aliens in the first trailer for the sci-fi film Independence Day: Resurgence.

Star Wars novice Alex Casey gets to grips with the franchise before the next instalment.

Sacha Baron Cohen aka Borat is back, this time with a northern English accent for action comedy flick The Brothers Grimsby.

Dean O'Gorman has gone from a dwarf in The Hobbit to playing Hollywood giant Kirk Douglas in Trumbo.

True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgård has been making heads turn after the release of the first image of him as Tarzan for the upcoming film The Legend of Tarzan.

A Dreamworks Animation showcase begins tomorrow at Te Papa

The Oscar-winner is in talks to play one of the female leads in Thor: Ragnorak, according to Variety.

Why does Hollywood want to punish us?

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat has appeared on a US talk show and branded Donald Trump "very, very offensive".

Over the years, John Barnett and Dave Gibson have fought to get funding for their respective film and TV dramas.

As always, the Golden Globe nominations were filled with oddities - here are some of the strangest surprises and snubs in TV and movies.

He's already returned to a movie franchise he left 30 years ago. Now Harrison Ford is about to do it again.

As TimeOut heads to Sydney to sit down with Han Solo himself, we take a look at some little known facts about Harrison Ford.