Film Box Office Rogue One

This image released by Lucasfilm Ltd. shows Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso in a scene from, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a plucky group of rebels stole the schematics for an Imperial superweapon and aided in the eventual downfall of a sinister Empire.

More recently in a theater a lot closer to wherever you're reading this, a man awoke from a screening of a historical re-enactment of that effort alone and aching to find a way out.

Washington County Sheriff's deputies early Saturday responded to a call from a man who had fallen asleep watching "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" at the Cornelius Stadium Cinemas.

Man awakes to empty, closed movie theater. Calls 911 and is rescued. by pic.twitter.com/dl95279Tg1 — WCSO Cornelius (@WCSOCornelius) December 24, 2016

The man tried to leave the theater through the lobby but set off a motion sensor alarm. He then called 9-1-1 and deputies helped him out through an emergency exit, KATU reports.

It was sort of like the time Luke Skywalker and Han Solo infiltrated the Death Star on a mission to rescue Princess Leia, all the while outwitting complex security systems and the Galactic Empire's Stormtroopers.

Actually, it's nothing like that -- some guy just fell asleep in the middle of a "Star Wars" movie as many of us are surely planning on doing over the next 48 hours.

--Eder Campuzano

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