About twenty minutes ago saw Fandango announce that Star Wars: The Force Awakens tickets had gone on sale.
Well, similar to the UK, the Fandango web site has crashed.
The Fandango web site puts out a 503 error as it’s getting too much traffic.
I was actually on the site about an hour or so ago, and it said tickets were going on sale at 10pm ET, but it appears they actually went on sale at 8pm ET.
Twitter has already been lit up about the Fandango site crashing, with some noting they were able to get tickets.
Oh look me and my fellow geeks broke @Fandango tonight.
— Lauren (@pinklem73) October 20, 2015
— Tim Staub (@tstaub) October 20, 2015
Is Fandango down?!
— Peter James (@peter_jamesm) October 20, 2015
Damn @Fandango went down as I was ordering my star wars tickets :'( they must be getting clobbered with requests #StarWarsTheForceAwakens
— Tom McGurl (@Tom_McGurl) October 20, 2015
Got my tickets before #Fandango crashed. #winning
— AlanShotFirst (@AlanShotFirst) October 20, 2015
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has a December 18, 2015 release directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer.
Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer: