The Force Awakens in Abu Dhabi as the latest Star Wars film premieres today. The seventh edition of the franchise will be screened for the first time in the Middle East at the Emirates Palace. A number of scenes were filmed in the Abu Dhabi desert in May last year, with more than 650 crew working across two locations. On Tuesday, six Stormtroopers arrived in the emirate ahead of the premiere.

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