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  • Star Wars fans May Lee, from Santa Clara, dressed as...

    Star Wars fans May Lee, from Santa Clara, dressed as Princess Leia, and Sheldon Ferguson, from Sunnyvale, dressed as a Mandalorian, pose for a picture by Joe Ashfield, from Sunnyvale, outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans, from left to right, Sheldon Ferguson, from...

    Star Wars fans, from left to right, Sheldon Ferguson, from Sunnyvale, dressed as a Mandalorian, May Lee, from Santa Clara, dressed as Princess Leia, Keenan Hampton, San Ramon, BB8, and Danielle Lan, from Newark, dressed as a Sith Lord, pose for photographs outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fan Danielle Lan, from Newark, dressed as a...

    Star Wars fan Danielle Lan, from Newark, dressed as a Sith Lord, poses for a picture by her husband Clement, right, outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans May Lee, left, from Santa Clara, dressed...

    Star Wars fans May Lee, left, from Santa Clara, dressed as Princess Leia, and Sheldon Ferguson, from Sunnyvale, dressed as a Mandalorian, chat outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • A member of the 501st Legion, dressed as Darth Vader,...

    A member of the 501st Legion, dressed as Darth Vader, jokingly stands outside of a ticket booth outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans line up outside of the Tech Museum...

    Star Wars fans line up outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans Sheldon Ferguson, from Sunnyvale, dressed as a...

    Star Wars fans Sheldon Ferguson, from Sunnyvale, dressed as a Mandalorian, chats with Joe Ashfield, from Sunnyvale, outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Members of the 501st Legion walks outside of the Tech...

    Members of the 501st Legion walks outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans Danielle Lan, right, dressed as a Sith...

    Star Wars fans Danielle Lan, right, dressed as a Sith Lord, and her husband Clement Lan, wait outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fan Danielle Lan, dressed as a Sith Lord,...

    Star Wars fan Danielle Lan, dressed as a Sith Lord, waits outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans Danielle Lan, right, dressed as a Sith...

    Star Wars fans Danielle Lan, right, dressed as a Sith Lord, and her husband Clement Lan, wait outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • A 70mm reel for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in...

    A 70mm reel for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in the projection room at the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. The Tech Museum is only one of ten theaters in the United States to show the movie in 70mm, and the only one on the West Coast. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fan Santos Jimenez, from Spreckels, dressed as Kylo...

    Star Wars fan Santos Jimenez, from Spreckels, dressed as Kylo Ren, looks at his phone outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation for the 10:00 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • A member of the 501st Legion walks outside of the...

    A member of the 501st Legion walks outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans line up outside of the Tech Museum...

    Star Wars fans line up outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Members of the 501st Legion pose for photographs of the...

    Members of the 501st Legion pose for photographs of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans line up outside of the Tech Museum...

    Star Wars fans line up outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Members of the 501st Legion walks outside of the Tech...

    Members of the 501st Legion walks outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • A member of the 501st Legion walks outside of the...

    A member of the 501st Legion walks outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • A member of the 501st Legion stands outside of the...

    A member of the 501st Legion stands outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Star Wars fans line up outside of the Tech Museum...

    Star Wars fans line up outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Members of the 501st Legion stand outside of the Tech...

    Members of the 501st Legion stand outside of the Tech Museum of Innovation before the 7 p.m. showing of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

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Nhat V. Meyer, staff photojournalist, The Mercury News, for his Wordpress profile. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
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The Tech Museum of Innovation is one of ten theaters in the United States, and the only one on the West Coast, to show “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in 70mm. Fans lined up, some in costume, as early as 6:00 a.m. to see the first showing at 7:00 p.m. Members of the 501st Legion, a fan based organization who wear replicas of the Star Wars villains, made an appearance for fans.

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