The force will once again be strong as WightFibre announce that they will be hosting the Isle of Wight’s Charity Premiere of Star Wars IX: ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ this December, supporting youth charity UKSA.
This will be the third time that WightFibre has been able to secure a Star Wars Charity Screening on the Island for UKSA and continues the companies’ association with the Star Wars film franchise, also reflected in their support for Ben’s March. It comes following months of negotiation.
The 2 previous events in 2017 for Star Wars: ‘The Last Jedi’ and 2015 for Star Wars: ‘The Force Awakens’ have raised over £7,500 for Cowes-based UKSA.
This year’s VIP event, to be held on 19th December, promises to be even bigger and will raise even more through the generosity of all those attending.
John Irvine, CEO of WightFibre comments:
“Once again, this is real coup. Being able to secure this important charity event for the Island and to support such a great Island based charity as UKSA is really important to us at WightFibre.”
The event will see a capacity audience of 292 VIP guests at Cineworld in Newport attend a VIP Reception, accompanied by characters from the film franchise, before taking their seats for a charity auction and screening of this latest Star Wars blockbuster.
The film is the third instalment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following Abrams’s The Force Awakens (2015) and Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi (2017), and is the final episode of the 9-part Skywalker saga. The film follows the surviving Resistance as they once more faces the First Order and Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron’s journey continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle commences.
Is this only open to guests as there are many genuine Star Wars fans on the island who would love to go. Maybe some tickets should be auctioned to the public in advance.
We will be holding a ticket competition to give Island Echo readers the chance of being there on the night 🙂