![]() Abrams has the power to shut off the Internet, the movie’s secrets are going to leak out at least a day before anyone in the U.S. Whatever his strengths as a writer or director, Abrams is a master of advance publicity, and when simply excluding Mark Hamill’s Luke Sykwalker from the trailers and posters has stoked such curiosity, why blow the surprise earlier than you have to? But even if no one at the film’s Hollywood premiere on December 14 blabs, “The Force Awakens” opens in Indonesia, South Africa and numerous European countries on December 16. Abrams, it’s not surprising the emphasis on secrecy is so high. It’s become customary for movies as high-profile as “The Force Awakens” - if, that is, any previous movie has had quite this high a profile - to be held back until a few days before they open, and given that this one arrives under the aegis of “mystery box” proponent J.J.
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