Star Wars Episode VII Trailer to Debut in Select Theaters This Friday! *UPDATED*

Rumors over the last few weeks as to where and when the debut of the teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens have flooded the internet and have ranged from debuting with The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies to Disney wanting to debut the trailer is a special way..well…no one expected this…

Regal Entertainment Group has announced this morning that fans can line up to be among the first to see the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens  this Friday in a select group of theaters. The list of participating theaters is listed below:

9 theaters seems to be a far cry from a “special way”. These nine theaters will play the trailer  before every movie from November 28th thru November 30th. No word on when the trailer will roll out nationwide or when it will debut online.

***UPDATE***

Director JJ Abrams took to Twitter this afternoon to add his two cents to the upcoming trailer release…notice the (*) which claims the trailer will be 88 seconds long

THANKSGIVING pic.twitter.com/46811BgWiF

— Bad Robot (@bad_robot) November 24, 2014

***NEW UPDATE***

An early 88-second tease of Star Wars: The Force Awakens can be seen in 30 theaters across North America beginning Friday morning, November 28

Following this weekend, the tease will be available in theaters around the world this December.