FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The new installment of one of cinema’s truly legendary franchises, Star Wars: The Force Awakens – the first in Lucasfilm’s Star Wars sequel trilogy – will open at AutoNation IMAX Theater on Thursday, December 17, 2015, and plays through January 2016. Tickets are on sale at www.mods.org

The AutoNation IMAX Theater is one of only 18 theaters worldwide that will show Star Wars: The Force Awakens in IMAX 70mm 2D film format. Since director J.J. Abrams filmed a sequence of this film with IMAX® cameras, only IMAX 70mm film theaters will allow the audience to experience the full size of this special IMAX sequence, which will expand to fill our entire 6-story-high screen.  The IMAX camera is the highest resolution camera in the world. When captured with the IMAX camera, the image projected in IMAX 70mm 2D film format features almost 10x more resolution than conventional 35mm film – to create the biggest, brightest, clearest images possible. This giant screen experience will not happen in IMAX 3D digital theaters.  So, for the ultimate IMAX experience you need to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the AutoNation IMAX Theater! Armando Mena, AutoNation IMAX Theater Chief Projectionist, explains why you must see Star Wars: The Force Awakens in  IMAX 70mm 2D film format.

The IMAX® release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology.  The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX’s customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a special environment that immerses the audience.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as composer.

To learn more about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, visit the film’s Official website: www.starwars.com/the-force-awakens.