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'Star Wars' fans can't get at marathon screening of films in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES - Chris Arce showed up dressed for battle for the latest marathon screening of the "Star Wars" film canon: The 21-year-old Colorado resident sported an orange-and-white flight suit that looked straight off the set of any of the iconic films going back to the 1977 George Lucas-conceived original, and is prominent once again in the newest entry, "The Rise of Skywalker."

"I traded my green one for this one," he said sheepishly during one of the breaks between the nine movies shown over 25 hours Wednesday and Thursday at El Capitan

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