The Last Jedi: NASA to screen new Star Wars film for astronauts on the International Space Station
Disney will provide Nasa with a digital file
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Your support makes all the difference.The world will finally get to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi on Thursday, and those currently living off of it don't want to miss out.
Rian Johnson's space opera will, appropriately, be shown in space, with Nasa sending a screener up to astronauts on the ISS.
"I received confirmation from Disney and NASA sources that the crew aboard the International Space Station will be screening Star Wars: The Last Jedi," Spaceflight reporter Robin Seemangal wrote on Twitter.
We don't know when exactly, but Nasa Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot provided a few more details to Inverse: "[I] can confirm the crew will be able to watch it on orbit.
"Don’t have a definitive timeline yet. They typically get movies as digital files and can play them back on a laptop or a standard projector that is currently aboard."
The six astronauts currently working on the ISS will probably be pleased with the latest Star Wars instalment, which is getting very strong reviews.
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