#ForceFriday Trends Hard On Twitter With 94,500 Tweets About #StarWars Toy Hauls
According to Twitter, the hashtag #ForceFriday, which represents Star Wars “Force Friday” toys that found adults standing in line at midnight and teens playing with lightsabers in parking lots, has commanded 94,500 tweets about #ForceFriday and counting upwards. Disney has debuted the toys inspired by the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Famous folks like filmmaker Kevin Smith posted a Twitter pic of himself in front of a Toys R Us store, ready to get in on the Star Wars toys.
Awakened early to get @starwars stuff! Now I just need @ToysRus to Awaken too and open these damn doors! #ForceFriday pic.twitter.com/IQldle8V69
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) September 4, 2015
Adorable photos also join in on the Star Wars fun under the #StarWars hashtag, with Steven Meo tweeting about being proud of his baby son joining the Empire.
Oddly proud my son's joined the Empire. He seems overjoyed! I blame @DepressedDarth #starwars pic.twitter.com/3Lf0opHb1U
— Steven Meo (@stevemeo) September 4, 2015
Plenty of adults are making it clear that the #ForceFriday madness is bringing out the kid in them.
I sense something, a presence I've not felt since… the last time I wanted to buy an action figure, when I was 6. #StarWars
— Austin Siegemund-Broka (Updates) (@ASiegemundBroka) September 4, 2015
The #ForceFriday hashtag has folks displaying their #ForceFriday hauls, and has writers like Sarah Halzack praising her Washington Post editors for their “dum, dum, dum, da-da dum, da-da dum” boss headlines.
The photos that fall under the #ForceFriday hashtag on Twitter are usually the best way to find the best tweets about the topic. Photos capture those #ForceFriday stories in ways that mere words can’t.
These aren't the fries you're looking for ? #ForceFriday pic.twitter.com/1AP6arQnUN
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) September 4, 2015
Whataburger posted a beautiful photo of a #ForceFriday toy walking towards their store.
“These aren’t the fries you’re looking for.”
As reported by EW, the Star Wars toys that speak reveal lines from The Force Awakens movie. On the Today show, the co-host displayed one of the toys from the Star Wars line that Al Roker said was the only one to feature James Earl Jones speaking.
Meanwhile, Brad Meltez tweeted about his son’s note left for the tooth fairy, requesting $400 for a Lego Death Star.
My son's tooth fairy note from last night. Best @StarWars fan. #ForceFriday #Lego pic.twitter.com/zq926Ads4M
— Brad Meltzer (@bradmeltzer) September 4, 2015
Even famous folks like Jimmy Kimmel got in on the Star Wars mania, revealing new toys from The Force Awakens.
.@JimmyKimmel unveils new @StarWars: #TheForceAwakens toys: http://t.co/LqbXo1NJVA #ForceFriday pic.twitter.com/KLHc17qoj4
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) September 4, 2015
The Star Wars “Force Friday” caused South Koreans to dress up as Stormtroopers in the Myeongdong shopping district on September 4, 2015, in Seoul, South Korea.
[Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Entertainment]
