Troy Theater OKs Some 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Costume Fun

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METRO DETROIT, MI – You may have heard: There’s a new “Star Wars” movie opening at select theaters Thursday, Dec. 17, and worldwide this weekend.

The highly anticipated opening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” comes with a few strings for Metro Detroit fans of intergalactic heroes Hans Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, villain Darth Vader and an enduring cast of Jedis, droids and Wookie warriors.

Though costumes have for the most part been banned at movie theaters nationwide in response to a mass shooting in a crowded Colorado theater for the opening of “The Dark Knight Rises” two years ago, an exception to the costume rule is being made for “The Force Awakens.”

Costumes are OK at Bloomfield Hills-based MJR Digital Cinemas’ nine Michigan theaters at Thursday’s opening, including those in Troy and Waterford. Lose the toy weapons, masks and face paint, though.

“This is a different kind of deal,” the chain’s CEO and founder, Mike Mihalich, told The Oakland Press. “This is going to be the biggest-grossing film in a long, long time — maybe ever — so we’ll let people (wear costumes) on Thursday.”

It’s a one-time deal. After Thursday, “The Force Awakens” moviegoers will have to dress as themselves if they plan to see the movie at MJR Theaters.

Cinemark, AMC Theaters and Regal Theaters have adopted similar policies. Costumes are OK; masks face paint and toy weapons such as blasters — toy laser pistols — are not.

AMC deviates a bit, allowing guests to bring their lightsabers as long as they switch them off during the movie.

Emagine Entertainment, — the Michigan luxury entertainment company whose nine locations include theaters in Birmingham, Royal Oak, Canton, Macomb Township, Novi and Rochester Hills — isn’t allowing any prop-style weapons, but founder and owner Paul Glantz encourages guests to dress in costume and bring lightsabers, as long as they don’t wear masks.

“We don’t want to deter from the fun of the event, but we also don’t want to startle our guests, so we’re asking people to refrain from bringing anything that looks like a weapon,” Glantz told The Oakland Press.

Emagine is taking extra security precautions, but Glantz declined to say what they are.

Watch the trailer below.