Disney may be trying a Jedi mind trick on the online masses, but they certainly didn’t seem happy about it. After several botched attempts at releasing the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer on other platforms, the clip is finally available to view on YouTube.
Initially, Disney partnered with Regal Cinemas to release the much-anticipated teaser for The Force Awakens. However, the catch was that Regal would only debut the teaser trailer from November 28-30 in nine different U.S. locations.
Only a few hours after Regal’s exclusive “world premiere” announcement, the theater chain updated its list to include 21 more locations where the Star Wars trailer would debut across the United States, for a total of 30 in all. Fans who weren’t able to make it to one of the theaters were presumably going to be left in the dark on the new Star Wars teaser until it was released online...