Ted Cruz launches 'Star Wars' contest

Nicole Gaudiano | USA TODAY

GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is offering some supporters a movie night on him.

The Texas senator — and Star Wars enthusiast — launched a contest for movie tickets ahead of the opening of the franchise’s latest installment this weekend. Seven Ted Cruz 2016 mobile phone app users who earn the most points on the app between now and Tuesday will get tickets to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, ABC Newsreported.

"Ted is a huge fan of the entire saga, and we know many of you are too. So keep helping us get the message out for a chance to win a movie night on us!” reads the notification sent to Cruz app users over the weekend.

Cruz, 44, told ABC news last month that he “grew up on Star Wars" and collected all the action figures, which he carried in a Darth Vader carrying case. He channeled Yoda and Darth Vader in the interview and encouraged reporters to ask presidential candidates, “Which ‘Star Wars’ figure would you be?”

“Anyone who says Luke Skywalker ought to be eliminated right off the bat,” Cruz said. “The only right answer to that is Han Solo, and Han Solo, I got to say may be the coolest character in all of cinema.”