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Some Jerk Pulled The Fire Alarm On 'Star Wars' Opening Night At The Grove
Pacific Theatres at The Grove (Photo by Prayitno via the Creative Commons)
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Imagine waiting months to finally watch the latest Star Wars movie—only to have the moment interrupted when some jerk pulls a fire alarm and ruins that moment for you and hundreds of other fans.
A fire alarm interrupted a screening of #StarWarsTheForceAwakens at @TheGroveLA theatres tonight, causing evacuation pic.twitter.com/YfPOLaS3sB
— Militant Angeleno (@militantangleno) December 18, 2015
Thursday night was the opening night for Star Wars: The Force Awakens—a movie so anticipated that some lined up as early as 12 days in advance—and hundreds were at the The Grove's Pacific Theatres to finally find out [redacted by the Walt Disney Company] and if [redacted by the Walt Disney Company]. That was all put on hold about 20 minutes into the film when a fire alarm went off around 8:10 p.m., prompting an evacuation of the entire theater.
So at the Grove watching Star Wars anddddd our theatre was just evacuated.
— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) December 18, 2015
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No clue. Two fire engines, doesn't seem like anything major but man there's a lot of pissed off Star Wars fans
— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) December 18, 2015
Thankfully it turned out to be nothing, and fans were allowed back in around 8:30, said TMZ. Screenings were restarted, but some of the more frustrated ones opted for refunds. "My kids want to still sit in there but... I don't know," Andrew Gouch told KTLA. "I don't drink—I may start." Gouch purchased tickets two months in advance.
Authorities have no suspects at the moment, but I think we all know who pulled that alarm:
While it turned out to be nothing and fans were able to restart the movie and find out that [redacted by the Walt Disney Company], it was still quite a scene:
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The Grove evacuate the entire theater after fire alarm went off. #starwars #losangeles https://t.co/7EiwypHdU0
— Henry "Batman" Barajas (@HenryBarajas) December 18, 2015
Pacific Grove theater being evacuated during Star Wars. #StarWarsTheForceAwakens pic.twitter.com/DuK4BtmPjr
— Spike Feresten (@SpikeFeresten) December 18, 2015
Seeing #StarWars and The Grove theater just evacuated. Good times. pic.twitter.com/ct1GWJbnd2
— Grant Stoner (@Grant_Stoner) December 18, 2015
Fire alarm went off in middle of #StarWars at the Grove. Still don't know why... Nerve racking. pic.twitter.com/bV5YA5rNHF
— Harrison Kratz (@KratzH) December 18, 2015
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